Important Watches, Collector's Wristw...

Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Oct 13, 2001

LOT 147

Girard-Perregaux, designed and made by Meister Atelier AG. in Zurich. Produced in 1944.Fine and unusual rectangular 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with date.

C. two-body, solid, polished and brushed, case back with screws, coaxial button on the winding-crown to change the date, lapidated bezel and lugs. D. champagne with painted Roman numerals and indexes, auxiliary seconds dial, double aperture for the date display by the means of two revolving discs under the dial. "Skeleton" radium-coated fancy hands. M. Cal. 97, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Signed on the dial. Dim. 24 x 40 mm.