Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Dec 07, 2006

LOT 37

Chaumet, Paris, "Edition Automatique" Ref. 1229- 1163. Made circa 2000. Fine, cushion-shaped, water-resistant to 50 m, self-winding, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and date.

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, lapidated bezel, straight lugs, case back with 4 screws, domed sapphire crystal. D. Black with applied steel Arabic numerals and baton indexes, subsidiary guilloché dials for the seconds and the 30-minute register, aperture for the date. Luminous steel "baton" hands. M. Cal. 2894-2, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 37 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 40 x 40 mm. Thickness 12 mm.