Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 10, 2010

LOT 189

Bovet Steel & Gold Sportster Bovet Fleurier S.A., Genève, "Sportster," case No. 009195, Ref. C 806. Made in the 2000?s. Fine and unusual, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel and pink gold wristwatch with pulsometer, tachometer, round button chronograph, registers, large date and a stainless steel Bovet buckle. Accompanied by the original fitted box.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, rounded polished band, stepped inclined bezel, Vendôme-type lugs with screwed bars at 6, extended mobile geometrical-shaped lug and gold winding-crown at 12, transparent case back with 5 screws, gold chronograph buttons at 11 and 1, sapphire crystals. D. Black and gold with applied pink gold Arabic numerals and luminous round indexes, outer 1/5th seconds track and tachometer graduation to 1000 UPH, most outer inclined pink gold ring with pulsometer graduation to 15 pulsations, subsidiary sunk dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, double aperture for the large date at 12. Pink gold skeletonized épée hands. M. Cal. 2986, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes, 28 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, 22K gold black rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 46 mm. Thickness 17 mm. Property of a Mid-West Collector