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Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

LOT 187

White Gold Carré Automatic Chronograph Gerald Charles, designed by Gérald Genta,?Carré Automatic Chronograph?, Ref. GC33, No. 05. Made in a limited series of 25 pieces in 2006. Very fine, large, heavy, self-winding, waterresistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with roundbutton chronograph, registers and an 18K white gold deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Two-body, massive, polished and brushed, asymmetric, stepped and curved bezel, straight curved lugs, back with 8 screws, sapphire crystal. D. Opaline with applied luminous white gold baton and dot indexes, outer minute track, mother of pearl subsidiary dials for the seconds, 30-minute and 12-hour registers and the signature. Luminous white gold baton hands. M. Cal. DD2021, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes and oeil-de-perdrix decoration, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance spring, shock absorber, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 51 x 42 mm. Thickness 12 mm.