The Collection of a European Nobleman

Geneva, May 11, 2008

LOT 520

Fulda Challenge Chronograph Sinn, Frankfurt, ?Fulda Challenge Chronograph?, Model 958, No. 958.017/250. Made in a limited edition of 250 pieces to commemorate the Fulda Challenge, Extreme Arctic Adventure, Yukon- Canada, Sold on January 25, 2006. Fine, large, stainless steel, self-winding, water-resistant wristwatch with round-button split-seconds chronograph, registers, 12- hour bezel for second time zone, solar direction indicator, pulsometer, breath-counter indication, tachometer, telemeter, march counter, date and strap with stainless steel buckle. Accompanied by a briefcase, flashlight torch, Swiss Army penknife, key ring maglite flashlight in leather belt pouch, spare bracelets and strap, spare spring bars, loupe, warranty card and books. To be sold without reserve

CHF 1,500 - 2,500

EUR 950 - 1,600 / USD 1,500 - 2,500

Sold: CHF 3,360

C. Three-body, brushed, flat bezel, screwed-down transparent case back and crown, concave lugs, button at 8 for the split-seconds and at 10 to operate the rotating 12-hour and 60-minute scales. D. Black with luminous baton hour indexes, outer seconds and fifths of a second divisions, inner red telemeter scale, outer tachometer, pulsometer and breathcounter scales, outer rotating inclined 12-hour and 60-minute scale, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the date, the 30-minutes and 12-hour registers. Luminous baton hands. M. Based Valjoux 7750, rhodiumplated, fausses cotes and oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 27 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance spring, shock absorber, micrometer regulation, rotor with the Fulda logo and mounted on ball bearings. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 44 mm. Thickness 16 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 2

Very good

Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

The model 958 chronograph is the most complicated watch made by Sinn.