Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 15, 2005

LOT 36

Baume & Mercier, Genève. Made in the 1990s. Fine, astronomic, mid-size, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, tachometer, date and moon phases. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished andbrushed, stepped bezel, straight lugs.D. White with painted radial Romannumerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds,the 12-hour and 30-minute registers,graduation for the days of themonth, outer tachometer graduation,aperture for the moon phases. Black"moderne" hands. M. Cal. BM 12883,rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight linelever escapement, monometallic balance,shock-absorber, self-compensatingflat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 32 mm. Thickness: 13 mm.