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Geneva, Mar 29, 2009

LOT 307

Tazio Nuvolari, First Generation Eberhard & Co., "Tazio Nuvolari, Chronograph? case No. 0455, Ref. 31030. Made in the 1990?s. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Eberhard & Co. buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, polished, case back with 8 screws, oeil-de-perdrix bezel and back decoration, tachometer graduation on the bezel in miles per hour, lapidated lugs, screw-down crown, sapphire crystal. D. Black with luminous Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the 30-minute and 12 hour register, outer tachometer graduation in km per hour, at 9 the signature and tortoise charm symbol with the initials "NT". Luminous white baton hands. M. Cal. based Valjoux 7750, rhodiumplated, fausses cotes decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, index regulator, hack mechanism. Dial and case signed. Diam. 39,5 mm. Thickness 13 mm.