Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 07, 2011

LOT 239

EBERHARD & CO. REF. 31038, "TAZIO NUVOLARI, CHRONOGRAPH" Eberhard & Co., "Tazio Nuvolari, Chronograph," case No. 0261, Ref. 31038. Made in the late 1990's. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Eberhard & Co. buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box.

C. Three-body, polished, lapidated lugs, transparent case back with 8 gold screws, oeil-de-perdrix bezel and back decoration, tachometer graduation on the bezel in miles per hour, screw-down crown, sapphire crystals. D. Black with luminous Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the 30-minute and 12-hour registers, outer tachometer graduation in km per hour, at 9 Tazio Nuvolari?s signature and tortoise charm symbol with the initials "NT". Luminous white baton hands. M. Cal. based Valjoux 7750, rhodium plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating fl at balance spring, index regulator, hack mechanism, rotor with applied gold image of an Alfa Romeo Tipo ?C? car and engraved: ?Tazio Nuvolari 1892 ? 1992 Gold Car Collection.? Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 43 mm. Thickness 14 mm.