Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 05, 2009

LOT 176

Pink Gold Chronograph Parmigiani Fleurier, "Chronograph," Ref. 89, case No. 2260. Made circa 2004. Very fine and elegant, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with oval button chronograph, registers, date and an 18K pink gold Parmigiani Fleurier buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped and reeded bezel, transparent case back, straight curved lugs, cabochon sapphire-set winding crown, sapphire crystals. D. Silver guilloché with painted radial Roman numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for the date between 1 and 2. Yellow gold spear hands. M. Cal. 400, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, gold rotor. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 12.5 mm.