Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

LOT 465

Scuderia Ferrari - Chronographe à Rattrapante Foudroyante Girard-Perregaux, "Scuderia Ferrari - Chronographe à Rattrapante Foudroyante", No. 18/150, Ref. 9020. Made in 2002. This watch is part of a limited edition of 150 pieces which started in 1999, to commemorate the ?Scuderia Ferrari? (1929-1999). Very fine and rare, self-winding,water-resistant, 18kwhite goldwristwatchwith 1/8 seconds round-button split-seconds ?foudroyante? chronograph, registers, tachometer and an 18k white gold Girard-Perregaux deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, case back with 7 screws, engraved with "Scuderia Ferrari" dedication, domed sapphire crystal. D. Black with applied Arabic numerals and dart indexes, subsidiary dials for the "flying" seconds and 30-minute register, outer tachometer graduation, outermost 1/5th seconds scale. White gold feuille hands. M. Cal.8020, based Valjoux, rhodiumplated, fausses cotes decoration, 40 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 14.5 mm.