Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 11, 2012

LOT 326

GIRARD-PERREGAUX USA 76 WORLD TIME CHRONOGRAPH, STEEL Girard-Perregaux, ?USA 76 World Time Chronograph, GGYG, Challenger of Record," No. 99/750, Ref. 49800. Made in a limited edition of 750 examples in 2007 for the America?s Cup 2007 ?BMW Oracle Racing? sailing team. Fine, oversized, world time, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, date and a stainless steel Girard- Perregaux double deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box, guarantee and instruction booklet.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, concave lugs, rounded bezel, case back with 6 screws engraved with the USA-76 racing boat, screwed-down winding crown at 9 to move the city disc, at 3 for time setting and adjusting the night/day function, sapphire crystal. D. Black with painted luminous baton indexes and luminous Arabic 12, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer blue and white revolving ring with painted Arabic 24 hour numerals, outermost revolving disc bearing names of 24 locations, inner minute track, aperture for the date between 1 & 2. Luminous white arrow and lozenge hands. M. Cal. GP033C0, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes and oeil-de perdrix decoration, 63 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating fl at balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 43 mm. Thickness 13.5 mm