Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 15, 2005

LOT 19

"Split-Seconds Chronograph" Record Watch Co. Genève, "Split-Seconds Chronograph", Ref. 7118. Made in the 1950s. Very fine, astronomic, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button split-seconds chronograph, registers, date and moon phases.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, fluted lugs. D. Matte silver with applied pink gold pyramid indexes,subsidiary "guilloché" dials for the date at 12, the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for themoon phases. Pink gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 185, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 20 jewels,straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, the push-buttonon the winding-crown is for start-stop and return-to-zero functions of the split-seconds chronograph.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm. Thickness: 14 mm.