Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 10, 2013

LOT 141

TOURNEAU CHRONOGRAPH TRIPLE DATE MOON PHASE STEEL Tourneau, Chronograph, Triple Date. Made in the 1960s. Fine, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, triple date and moon phases. To be sold without reserve

C. Two-body, polished, screw-down case back, lapidated bezel. D. White with applied yellow gold round indexes and Arabic 12, luminous dots, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12- hour and 30-minute registers, outer graduation for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Luminous yellow gold alpha hands. M. Cal. 7751, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 36 mm. THICKNESS 13 mm.