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LOT 317

Manufacture Girard-Perregaux, "Chronographe à Rattrapante Automatique", Ref. 9012. Produced in the 1990's.Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with square button split-seconds chronograph, register and a stainless steel Girard-Perregaux deployant clasp.

C. two-body, polished and brushed, case back with screws, lapidated bezel, curved lugs. D. black with tritium-coated Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds and 30 minutes register dials, outer chronograph scale. "Lozenge" tritium-coated white hands. M. Cal. 8290, rhodium-plated, 27 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance-spring, bi-directional winding, the coaxial button on the winding-crown is to start and reunite the split-seconds hand.Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 38 x 50 mm.