Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Dec 07, 2006

LOT 136

Yellow Gold, "Chronograph", Parmigiani Fleurier, "Chronograph", Ref. 89, case No. 2467. Made circa 2005. Very fine and elegant, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with oval button chronograph, registers, date and an 18K yellow gold Parmigiani Fleurier buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped and reeded bezel, transparent case back, straight curved lugs, cabochon sapphire set winding crown, sapphire crystals. D. Black guilloché with gold painted radial Roman numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for the date between 1 and 2. Yellow gold "javelin" hands. M. Cal. 400, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 31 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Yellow gold rotor. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 12.5 mm.