Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, May 08, 2010

LOT 69

Graham chronographe Foudroyante Limited Edition Graham 1695, "Chronographe Foudroyante", No. 058/225, Ref. 2LIR-695. Made in a limited series of 225 examples in the 2000s. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant , 18K pink gold wristwatch with round button split-seconds chronograph, "foudroyante" at 1/8 second (the hand flies over 360 degrees in one second) and an 18K pink gold Graham buckle. Accompanied by fitted box and guarantee.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, case back with 6 screws, concave bezel, curved straight lugs, sapphire crystal. D. Bi-color, silver and black with luminous applied pink gold dart and square indexes, subsidiary 30-minute register and "foudroyante" dials. Pink gold baton hands. M. Cal. G.1695, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 40 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, the coaxial single button on the winding-crown is for start-stop and return to zero functions of the split-seconds chronograph. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 41 mm. Thickness 14 mm.