Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 05, 2007

LOT 234

Girard-Perregaux, ?World Time Chronograph", Ref. 4980. Made circa 2000. Fine, oversized, ?World Time?, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with squarebutton chronograph, registers, date and an 18K white gold Girard-Perregaux deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, brushed, rounded bezel, concave lugs, transparent case back, crown at 9 to move the city disc, crown at 3 to set the time and adjust the night/day function. D. Black with painted luminous Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30- minute registers, outer red and blue revolving 24-hour ring with painted Arabic numerals, outermost revolving disc bearing the names of 24 major cities, aperture for the date. Luminous white arrow hands. M. Cal. 3387, rhodiumplated, fausses côtes and oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 63 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 43 mm. Thickness 9 mm. Property of Various Owners