Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 27, 2011

LOT 393

Glashütte Platinum PanoRetroGraph Glashütte Original, "PanoRetroGraph", No. 27/50, movement No. 27. Made in a limited edition of 50 examples, sold on May 30th, 2001. Very fine, rare and unusual, water-resistant, platinum wristwatch with with square button flyback chronograph, countdown timer with acoustic signal, over-sized date and a platinum Glashütte Original buckle. Accompanied by fitted box, warranty and instruction CD.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, transparent case back with 5 screws, stepped bezel, concave lugs, cabochon sapphire-set winding-crown, sapphire crystals. D. Guilloché silver, applied white gold baton indexes on a plain reserve for the off-center auxiliary hour and minute dial at 10 o'clock, outer minute/second divisions, auxiliary seconds dial at 7, circular sectoral aperture for the 30-minute register at 2, aperture for the oversized date at 5. Blued gold alpha hands. M. Cal. 60, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 54 jewels partially in screwed gold chatons, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance with 28 gold screws, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, swan-neck regulator, hand-engraved balance cock, repeating on gong at end of chosen countdown interval. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 13 mm. The Property of a German Collector