Important Collectors' Wristwtches, Po...

New York, Sep 26, 2007

LOT 242

"Chronograph Foudroyante" Graham, Les Monts SA., Neuchâtel - London ? Greenwich, "Chronograph Foudroyante". Made circa 2002. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round-button coaxial split-seconds chronograph, 1/8th seconds "foudroyante" and stainless steel Graham buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, concave bezel, rounded band, curved straight lugs, case back with 6 screws, sapphire crystal. D. Black with luminous Arabic numerals and baton indexes, subsidiary seconds and "guilloché" silver "foudroyante" dial with ?Cyclops? lens, at 12 aperture to view the chronograph?s column wheel. Luminous steel ?baton? hands. M. Cal. G 1695, rhodium-plated, "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 30 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, the coaxial button on the winding-crown starts/stops and returns-to-zero the split-seconds chronograph functions. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 41 mm. Thickness 16 mm.