Important Collectors Wristwatches, Po...

Geneva, Nov 14, 2009

LOT 33

Tornado F 18, No.1 European Company Watch, "Tornado - Chrono Foudroyante - Panhard F 18", No. 00001, Ref. PF18ST4658. Sold on January 13th, 2003. Fine, large, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with foudroyante split-second rectangular button chronograph, registers and a stainless steel ECW buckle. Accompanied by fitted box and certificate.To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, lapidated bezel, sides and lugs, case back with 4 screws and 1 nut, screwed-down crown, sapphire crystal. D. Guilloché anthracite with applied dart indexes, subsidiary silver ring dials for the 1/8 seconds and the 30-minute registers. Luminous steel dauphine hands. M. Rhodium-plated, oeil de perdrix decoration, 40 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, the co-axial button on the winding-crown is for the start-stop and return-tozero functions of the split-seconds chronograph. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 46 x 53 mm. Thickness 15 mm.