Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, The Grand Havana Room, Sep 20, 2006

LOT 227

"275 Le Mans" Girard-Perregaux, "275 Le Mans", Ref. 8090,No. 502/2000.Produced in a limited series of 2000 examples circa 2000. Fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Girard Perregaux buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and a certificate.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, stepped and inclined bezel, back secured with eight screws and engraved with the Ferrari 275 Le Mans and the monogram "24 Hours Le Mans Winner 1965", rounded lugs, sapphire crystal. D. Silver and black, with painted Arabic 12 numeral and indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12 hour registers and the 24 hours, outer tachometer graduation, center minute hand. Luminous white gold "Moderne" hands. M. Cal. 2280, rhodium-plated, 57 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 14 mm.