Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Sep 15, 2010

LOT 148

Ernst Benz - Prototype - Very Large Stel Chronograph Ernst Benz, Chronoscope, Automatic, Limited Edition. Made circa 2009. Fine, very large, water-resistant, self-winding, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, date and a stainless steel Ernst Benz buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and guarantee certificate. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, solid, brushed, concave lugs, transparent screw-down case back, sapphire crystals. D. Black with luminous Arabic numerals, subsidiary silver ring dials for the 30-minute and 12-hour registers, outer 1/5th seconds track, aperture for the date at 6. Luminous steel skeleton hands. M. 13???, Valjoux 7750, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 28 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance spring, shock absorber, index regulator, hack mechanism. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 60 mm. Thickness 18 mm.