Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 16, 2014

LOT 22

ORIS GRAND PRIX '70 CHRONOGRAPH - LIMITED EDITION Oris, Swiss, "Chronoris Grand Prix '70 Chronograph Automatic", No. 0406/1970, Ref. 7619. Made in a limited edition of 1970 pieces circa 2009. Fine, large, tonneau-shaped, two-time-zone, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round-button chronograph, registers, 10-minute countdown, tachometer, date and a stainless steel Oris deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box, Certificate, booklets and a pair of driving gloves.

Two-body, polished and brushed, lapidated lugs, inclined bezel, transparent screw- down case back, quick-lock crown, sapphire crystals. Black and gray with applied steel baton indexes, luminous dots, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, concentric 10-minute countdown, outer minute and seconds divisions, 24-hour ring for the diurnal and nocturnal hours, outermost tachometer scale on an inclined reserve, large aperture for the date at 6. Luminous steel baton hands, orange-tipped arrow hand for the second time zone. Cal. Oris 677, rhodium-plated, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, index regulator.