Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Sep 17, 2009

LOT 55

Steel Firshire Retro Seconds Paul Picot, Firshire, Chronometer, Automatic, Retrograde Seconds, No. 486, Ref. 4096. Made in a limited edition in 2002, sold November 13, 2003. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, retrograde seconds, stainless steel wristwatch with a stainless steel Paul Picot deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box and certificate. To be sold without reserve

C. Two-body, polished, stepped bezel, rounded case band, reeded back edge, sapphire crystal. D. Guilloché silver with applied steel radial Roman numerals and baton indexes, outer minute divisions, sector for the retrograde 30-seconds at 6. Steel dauphine hands. M. Cal. PP 1300, rhodium-plated, oeil-deperdrix decoration, 30 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness: 10 mm. Property of an East Coast collector