Important Collectors’ Wristwatches,Po...

New York, Mar 23, 2005

LOT 43

Girard-Perregaux, "Chro-nographe Rattrapante,? No. 48, Ref. 9015. Made especially for Ferrari in a limited edi-tion commemorating Michael Schuma-cher?s victory in the Italian Grand Prix on August 9, 1996. Fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button split-seconds chronograph, registers and a stainless steel Girard-Perregaux buckle.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed,case back with eight screws, engravedwith the Ferrari logo and a dedication,domed sapphire crystal. D. Matte silverwith applied steel bâton indexes,subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, below the12 the "Ferrari" logo, outer 1/5thseconds scale. Steel "dauphine" hands.M. Cal. 8290, rhodium plated, "faussescôtes" decoration, 27 jewels, straight linelever escapement, monometallic ba-lance,shock-absorber, self-compensa-tingflat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 38 mm. Thickness: 14.5 mm.