Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 10, 2010

LOT 260

Girard -Perregaux BMW ORACLE Racing - Fly-back - Chronograph Girard-Perregaux, ?BMW ORACLE Racing, Fly-Back,? No. 85/250, Ref. 80175. Made in a limited edition of 250 pieces for the Challenger of Record for the 32nd America?s Cup, BMW Oracle Racing sailing team. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel 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. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, case back with 6 screws engraved with the number 98 BMW Oracle racing and the image of a sail boat, octagonal bezel, screweddown winding crown, sapphire crystal. D. Off-white with applied luminous steel Arabic numerals, subsidiary guilloche dials for the seconds, the 12-hour register and 24-hour indication, outer minute division with 5-minute Arabic markers. Luminous black arrow and lozenge hands. M. Cal. 337 A, rhodium-plated, 63 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 47 mm. Thickness 16 mm.