Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 15, 2005

LOT 147

"Chronographe" Tourneau, "Chronographe". Produced in the 1990s. Fine, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, triple date, tachometer and moon phases.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, screwed-down case back, fluted straight lugs, sapphire crystal. D. Black with appliedgold Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, apertures for the date,the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Pink gold "feuille" hands. M. Cal. 400, rhodium-plated,"oeil-de-per-drix" decoration, 31 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber,self-compensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator.Dial signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness: 14 mm.