Important Watches

Geneva, Mar 20, 2010

LOT 405

Paul Picot Firshire Paul Picot, Swiss, "Firshire", "Automatic, Chronometer?, No. 57/100, Ref. 0577R. Made in a limited edition circa 2000. Fine, tonneau-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold chronometer's wristwatch with date, 44-hour power reserve indication, and an 18k pink gold Paul Picot buckle.

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, stepped bezel, rounded case band, case-back secured by 4 screws, corrector on the band for the date, sapphire crystal. D. Two-tone, guilloche silver with applied pink gold faceted dart indexes, outer minute division with every five-minute radial Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the date at 9 and the seconds at 6, sector for the up-and-down indication at 3. Luminous blued steel Feuille hands. M. Cal. PP 1230-B, based Eta 2892, rhodium-plated, oeil-deperdrix decoration, 29 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator, hack mechanism, 22k gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 40 x 42 mm. Thickness: 12 mm.