Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 05, 2009

LOT 145

Yellow Gold Triple Date Eberhard & Co., Navy Master Chronometer Chronograph 1887-1987. Made in 1987. Fine, astronomic, water-resistant, self-winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, triple date, 24 hours display, moon phases and a gold-plated Eberhard & Co. buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box. To be sold without reserve

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, case back with 6 screws, screwed-down winding-crown. D. White with applied gold baton indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 24 hours, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer graduation for the clays of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 494, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 10 mm.