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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, May 13, 2007

LOT 589

Yellow Gold "Chronograph" Movado, "Chronograph", case No. A104530, Ref. 9038. Made in the 1940s. Very fine, 18K yellow gold, gentleman's water-resistant wristwatch with round-button chronograph, registers and tachometer.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, stepped inclined bezel and faceted lugs. Dust cover over the movement. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold baton and pyramidal indexes, Arabic 12, subsidiary guilloché dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer 1/5th seconds chronograph scale and blue tachometer graduation. Yellow gold "dart" hands. M. Cal. C 95 M, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to two positions, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case, and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 12 mm. From ?The Collection?