Important Collectors’ Wristwatches,Po...

New York, Mar 23, 2005

LOT 87

Girard-Perregaux, "ww.tc World Time Chrono-graph,? Ref. 4980. Produced in the 2000s. Fine, oversized, world time, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, date and an 18K white gold Girard-Perregaux buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, rounded bezel, concavelugs, transparent case back with screws, sapphire crystals.D. Black with applied white gold Arabic numerals and luminousdots, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, surrounded by a white and red revolving ringwith contrasting painted Arabic numerals for the night/dayhours, outermost revolving disc bearing the names of 24 citiesin the world, aperture for the date between 2 and 3. Luminoussteel "feuille" hands, steel arrow for the chronograph. Thewinding-crown at 9 activates the city disc backwards orforwards, the one at 3 sets the time and activates the night/daydivision disc clock- or counter-clockwise. M. Cal. 3387, rhodiumplated, "fausses cotes" and "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 63jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance,shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, 21K goldrotor. Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 43 mm. Thickness: 14 mm.