Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

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

LOT 258

"R9" Montega, Genève, "R9", Ref. MC01. Made circa 2000. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant to 50m., stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch set with diamond and sapphires, with round button chronograph and registers, tachometer, date, and integrated bracelet in stainless steel and rubber with deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box.

C. Three-body, massive, polished and brushed, set with sapphires and diamonds, transparent case back with 16 screws, sapphire crystals. D. Deep blue with applied Arabic 12, round and triangular indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 45 minutes and 6-hour registers, aperture for the date, graduated outer ring for the tachometer. Luminous "Lance" stainless steel hands. M. Cal. 2047, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 57 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating, flat balance-spring, rotor with blue painted decoration. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 42 x 44 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Approx. overall length: 190 mm.