100 Years of Wristwatches

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 19, 2000

LOT 73

Hermès 'Anti-magnétique' mono-ratrapante. Produced in the 1930's.Very rare and unusual, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round and olive-shaped mono-ratrapantechronograph, register, tachometer and telemeter.

C. three-body, polished, hooded lugs bearing three extended grips each (one teardrop-shaped and two triangular)attached to the specific leather strap. D. matte silver with painted black Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds and30 minute register dials, outer painted red tachometer graduation, concentric, painted blue telemeter graduationand painted black 1/5th second graduation. 'Feuille' blued steel hands. M. Cal. 13''' rhodium plated, 'faussescôtes' decoration, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balancespring. The round push-piece on the band is for start-stop and return to zero functions of the chronograph. Theround push-piece allows, to start, stop the chronograph, to fligh back and to block the chronograph. The olive-shapedpush-piece allows the mono-ratrapante functions.Signed on the dial. Diam. 35 mm.