Important Limited Edition & Modern Co...

Grand Havana Room, New York, Sep 25, 2002

LOT 49

Fortis "Official Cosmonauts Chronograph Mir 97", No. 148/350. Produced in a limited edition of 350 examples in the 1990's. Fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, day and date, tachometer, an unusual dial and a stainless steel Fortis buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, pin and certificate.

C. three-body, micro-sanded, tachometer graduation on the bezel, screwed-down case back and crown, case back engraved with the "Mir"-symbol and "Limited Edition Andora Mir 97", sapphire crystal. D. black with multi-colored symbols of space exploration, tritium-coated indexes and Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds, 30 minute register and 24 hour dials, apertures for the days of the week and the date. "Bâton" tritium-coated hands. M. Cal. 5100, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm.