Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Sep 17, 2009

LOT 38

Militare Chrono Automatico Anonimo, "Militare Chrono Automatico", No. 207/ 300, First Edition. Made in Italy in 2007. Fine, left handed, bottom-winder, cushion-shaped, waterresistant, self-winding, stainless steel wristwatch with date, square button chronograph, registers and a stainless steel Anonimo buckle. Accompanied by a Hermes box. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, brushed, screwed-down case back, winding crown at 6 with hinged security lever, reeded bezel, sapphire crystal. D. Black with luminous Arabic numerals and baton indexes, outer minute/seconds track with 5-minute/seconds Arabic markers, red Arabic 24-hour graduation, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers, cyclops aperture for the date at 6. Luminous black baton hands. M. Cal. 2892-2, rhodium-plated, 47 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 43 x 43 mm. Thickness 15 mm. Property of an East Coast collector