Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, May 08, 2010

LOT 115

Girard -Perregaux BMW ORACLE Racing, Fly-back Girard-Perregaux, ?BMW ORACLE Racing, Fly-back?, No. 162, Ref. 80175. Made for the Challenger of Record for 32nd America?s Cup, BMW Oracle Racing sailing team. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, rubber and titanium wristwatch with square button fly-back chronograph, 12-hour and central 60 minutes registers, 24 hour indication and a stainless steel Girard- Perregaux double deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box, booklet, and 2 year guarantee.

C. Three-body, brushed, case back with 6 screws engraved with the number 18 Bmw Oracle racing, octagonal rubber bezel, screwed-down winding crown, sapphire crystal. D. Black with painted luminous Arabic numerals, subsidiary white dials for the seconds, the 12-hour register and 24-hour indication, outer minute division. Luminous white arrow and lozenge hands. M. Cal. with chronograph, automatic, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 43 mm. Thickness 16 mm