Important Watches Wristwatches, and C...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 02, 2000

LOT 131

Graham 1695, Chronograph Foudroyante, Neuchâtel - London - Greenwich, made in 1998.Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant to 160 ft., stainless steel, split-seconds chronograph gentleman?s wristwatch with round buttons and split-seconds button on the crown, ?foudroyante? at 1/8 second (the hand flying over the 360 degrees in one second), leather strap and stainless steel Graham buckle. Accompanied by wooden fitted box.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, case back with logo and screws, concave bezel, curved straight lugs. D. black and ?guilloché? silver with tritium-coated applied steel indexes, auxiliary seconds and ?foudroyante? dials. ?Bâton? tritium-coated steel hands. M. Cal. FR 1695, rhodium plated, 39 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, the coaxial single button on the winding-crown is for start-stop and return to zero functions of theplit-seconds chronograph.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 41 mm.