Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 05, 2007

LOT 173

Eberhard & Co., Suisse, "8 Jours", Ref. 21017. Made in the late 1990s. Fine, oversized, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with 8-day power reserve indication. To be sold without reserve

C. Two-body, polished, rounded bezel, straight lugs, domed sapphire crystal. D. White with painted radial Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds dial, sector for the 8-day up-and-down indication at 9. Black feuille hands. M. Cal. 896-8J with 8-day module exclusive to Eberhard, gilt brass, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 25 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, patented device for power reserve in days. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Property of Various Owners