Important Collectors' Wristwtches, Po...

New York, Sep 26, 2007

LOT 326

"Ferrari - Chronographe à Rattrapante Foudroyante" Girard-Perregaux, "Ferrari - Chronographe à Rattrapante Foudroyante", No. 25/100, Ref. 9020. Made in 2002. This watch is part of a limited edition of 100 pieces which started in 1999, to commemorate the ?Scuderia Ferrari? (1929-1999). Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum wristwatch with 1/8 seconds round-button split-seconds ?foudroyante? chronograph, registers, tachometer and a platinum Girard-Perregaux link bracelet with double deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, case back with 7 screws, engraved with "Scuderia Ferrari" dedication, domed sapphire crystal. D. Black with painted luminous Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the "flying" seconds and 30-minute register, outer tachometer graduation, outermost 1/5th seconds scale. Luminous white "feuille" hands. M. Cal. GP E04C0, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 40 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 14 mm. From the collection of a West Coast Gentleman