Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 09, 2009

LOT 292

Steel Single Button Chronograph A. Cairelli, Roma, Chronograph. Made circa 1932. Fine and rare, large, stainless steel wristwatch with singlebutton chronograph and register.

C. Three-body, polished, rounded bezel, straight lugs, fixed bars, snap-on case back engraved with the ?P.N.F.? logo and ?MCMXXXII?. D. White enamel with painted black and red radial Roman numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 30-minute register, outer 1/5th track with 5-minute/seconds Arabic markers. Blued steel epee hands. M. 15???, rhodiumplated, engine-turned decoration, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 14 mm.