Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 10, 2010

LOT 145

Girard-Perregaux, Challenger of Record Girard-Perregaux, USA 76 World Time Chronograph, GGYG, ?Challenger of Record," No. 650/750, Ref. 49800. Made in a limited edition of 750 examples in 2007 for the America?s Cup 2007 ?BMW Oracle Racing? sailing team. Very fine and rare, oversized, world time, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, date and a stainless steel Girard- Perregaux double deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box, guarantee, certificate and booklet.

C. Three-body, brushed and polished, case back with 6 screws engraved with the USA-76 racing boat, rounded bezel, concave lugs, screwed-down winding crown at 9 to move the city disc, at 3 for time setting and adjusting the night/day function, sapphire crystal. D. Black with painted luminous baton indexes and luminous Arabic 12, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer blue and white revolving ring with painted Arabic 24 hour numerals, outermost revolving disc bearing names of 24 locations, inner minute track, aperture for the date between 1 & 2. Luminous white arrow and lozenge hands. M. Cal. GP033C0, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes and oeil-deperdrix decoration, 63 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 43 mm. Thickness 13.5 mm.