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New York, Nov 28, 2001

LOT 277

Paul Picot, Genève, "La Rattrapante Atelier 310", No 091/200. Produced in a limited edition of 200 examples in 1998.Important and very fine, astronomic, antimagnetic, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with oval shaped button, split-seconds chronograph registers, tachometer, triple date and moon phases, 38 hours autonomy and an 18K yellow gold Paul Picot buckle.

USD 15,000 - 18,000

Sold: USD 18,975

C. three-body, solid, polished, reeded and stepped front and back bezels, band and push-buttons, case back with screws and sapphire glass porthole, fluted and curved straight lugs. D. "guilloché" silver with painted radial Roman numerals on a plain reserve, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hour and 30 minute registers, the days of the month, days of the week, the months, outer tachometer graduation, aperture for the moon phases. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. M. Cal. Venus 179, elaborated ad specially finished by Paul Picot to the PP 310, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 22 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator, the coaxial single button on the winding-crown is to stop and reunite the split-seconds hand.Dial signed. Case numbered.Diam. 42 mm.


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Grade: AAA

Excellent
Movement: 2

Very good
Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

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What is a split-seconds chronograph?A split-seconds chronograph or rattrapante is a type of chronograph watch with two coaxial superimposed center-seconds hands that are controlled by two push-buttons. One push-button controls the split-seconds hand to stop or join the chronograph hand. The other push-buttons control both the hands and all of the functions of the chronograph. The two hands, the chronograph hand and the split-seconds hand, are used for timing several events that start simultaneously but are of different durations.o operate the split-seconds chronograph, both hands are started and remain superimposed. Then at the end of the first duration, the split-seconds hand can be stopped while the chronograph hand continues to move. The duration of the first event can be read. After recording, the split-seconds hand can be released to instantly move and join the chronograph hand, synchronizing with it and thus ready for another recording. At the end of each event the hands can be stopped and then returned to zero.