Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Monaco, Jul 21, 2021
LOT 318
Louis Moinet
Ref. LM024, self-winding, chronograph, minute and hour counters, date, AM-PM indication, two-time zone; “Geograph Australian Edition”; limited edition of 30 examples, No. 00 / 30; stainless steel
Ref. LM024, self-winding, chronograph, minute and hour counters, date, AM-PM indication, two-time zone; “Geograph Australian Edition”; limited edition of 30 examples, No. 00 / 30; stainless steel
EUR 4,500 - 9,000
USD 5,400 - 10,700 / HKD 41,500 - 83,000
Sold: EUR 6,240
Stainless steel (316L), self-winding, round-shaped, traveller’s wristwatch, water-resistant with sapphire-crystal screwed case-back screwed by seven screws, 24-hour graduated inner bezel for the AM-PM indication, Austral blue colour dial with subsidiary seconds at 9 (Sirius star) and six horological complications:
• 1/8 second chronograph (activated by the two large round-shaped push-pieces)
• Half-instantaneous 30-minute counter (subsidiary dial at 12 o’clock)
• 12-hour counter (subsidiary dial at 6 o’clock)
• Half-instantaneous date of the month (aperture at 3 o’clock)
• Diurnal (day-time) and nocturnal (night-time) hours with a 24-hour (AMPM) scale (central hour index)
• Two-time zone (hour hand independently adjustable by the crown; inner bezel graduated for 24 hours)
• 1/8 second chronograph (activated by the two large round-shaped push-pieces)
• Half-instantaneous 30-minute counter (subsidiary dial at 12 o’clock)
• 12-hour counter (subsidiary dial at 6 o’clock)
• Half-instantaneous date of the month (aperture at 3 o’clock)
• Diurnal (day-time) and nocturnal (night-time) hours with a 24-hour (AMPM) scale (central hour index)
• Two-time zone (hour hand independently adjustable by the crown; inner bezel graduated for 24 hours)
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 2-8 |
Very good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |
Brand Louis Moinet, Saint-Blaise (Neuchâtel)
Model “Australian Edition”, limited edition of 30 examples
Reference LM-24.10.2A
Year circa 2010
Bracelet dark blue leather LM strap
Buckle stainless steel LM double folding deployant clasp
Diameter 45.5 mm. (bezel)
Caliber 7754 “exclusive self-winding chronograph”
Dimensions 53.1 x 47.2 mm
Signature dial, case and movement
Accessories original fitted box and outer box, certificate of origin (blank), instruction booklet (“Geograph, Limited Editions of 60” version)
Notes
Louis Moinet, “Geograph”
This model was made in a series of limited editions, circa 2010:
· Ref. LM-24.10.55 60 stainless steel wristwatches with black colour dial
· Ref. LM-24.10.60 60 stainless steel wristwatches with silver colour dial
· Ref. LM-24.30.55 60 stainless steel and 18K pink gold wristwatches with black colour dial
· Ref. LM-24.30.65 60 stainless steel and 18K pink gold wristwatches with silver colour dial
· Ref. LM-24.10.2A 30 stainless steel wristwatches with blue colour dial, especially made for the Australian market
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*a 20% import VAT is due on the hammer price with buyer's premium, plus 150€ for termination of temporary export, at buyer's expense, only if it is delivered within the EU