Exceptional horologic works of art

Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Oct 11, 2003

LOT 328

Girard- Perregaux, "Chronographe à Rattrapante", No. 1 Au.Y. Produced circa 1994. Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant to 3 atm., 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button split-seconds chronograph and registers, three crowns, 40-hour autonomy and an 18K yellow gold Girard-Perregaux buckle.

C. three-body, solid, polished, case-back with screws, concave bezel, curved lugs. D. black with tritium-coated Arabic numerals, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Tritium-coated "Baton" hands. M. Cal. 8290, rhodium-plated, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance-spring, the crown on the 4 is to start and reunite the split-seconds hand.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 38 mm.