Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 15, 2005

LOT 167

"Chronographe Rattrapante" Chronoswiss, "Chronographe Rattrapante", Ref. CH 7321. Made in the 1990s. Very fine and unusual, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with off-center hours and minutes, round button split-seconds chronograph, registers and an 18K yellow gold Chronoswiss buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, reeded bezeland case back edge, screwed-down transparent case back,straight lugs, gold screwed bars, push-button at 10 to startand stop the split-seconds hand, sapphire crystals.D. Matte silver with painted Roman and Arabic numerals,outer 1/5th seconds graduation, subsidiary "guilloché"dials for the hours at 3, the seconds at 9, 12-hour registerat 6 and 30-minute register at 12. Blued steel "doublespade" hands. M. Cal. C 732, rhodium-plated, "faussescôtes" and "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 21 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance, shockabsorber,self-compensating flat balance-spring,micrometer regulator, skeletonized gold rotor.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 16 mm.