Important Watches, Collector's Wristw...

Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Oct 13, 2001

LOT 58

Wakmann Automatic, Swiss. Produced in the 1980's.Unusual self-winding, tonneau-shaped, stainless steel and yellow gold-plated gentleman's wristwatch with round button chrono-graph, with register, tachometer, double date and regatta scale.

C. two-body, bicolor, polished, yellow gold bezel, steel back. D. satiné gold with applied gold and black indexes for the hours and painted Arabic numerals for the minutes, auxiliary seconds and 12 hours register dials, outer tachometer graduation and regatta scale 15-0 (12 - 3 o'clock) in gray, blue and red, concentric, revolving ring in blue, yellow, green, red and gray with the days of the week for 5 weeks activated by a crown on the 10, concentric, a white ring dial with the days of the mont, aperture for the date. A gold hand with luminescent orange arrow to indicate the day of the week. "Bâton" gold and black tritium-coated hands, orange for the chronograph.M. Cal. 1341, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 42 x 48 mm.