Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Sep 17, 2009

LOT 36

Steel Chronoscope Daniel Jean Richard, No. 0579, Ref. 25030. Made in the 2000s. Fine, cushion-shaped, self-winding, stainless steel wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, two crowns and a stainless steel Jean Richard buckle. Accompanied by the original fitted box and instruction manual. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, inclined bezel, straight lugs, case back with 4 screws, screwed-down crowns, sapphire crystal. D. Black with luminous Arabic numerals, outer 1/5th seconds track with 5-minute/seconds Arabic markers, subsidiary dials for the seconds, 30-minute and 12-hour register, outermost revolving disc activated by the crown at 9. Luminous white epee hands. M. Cal. based ETA 2824-2, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 51 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating balance spring, index regulator, hack mechanism. Dim. 43 x 43 mm. Thickness 15 mm. Property of an East Coast collector