Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 10, 2010

LOT 177

Tag Heuer Steel Grand Carrera Caliber 36 Tag Heuer, Swiss, Grand Carrera, ?Automatic, Officially Certified Chronometer, Chronograph,? No. 276210, Ref. CAV 5115. Made in 2008. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with square button chronograph, special bidirectional rotating flange for the precise measurement of 1/10th second, register, date, tachometer and a Tag Heuer stainless steel link bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box, chronometer certificate, guarantee, instruction manual and 2 extra links.

C. Three-body, transparent screwed-down case back, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 400 UPH, screwed-down windingcrown, the button at 10 is to turn the flange, lapidated lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Black with applied steel baton indexes and luminous dots, apertures for the seconds at 9, the 30-minute and 12-hour register rotating discs at 3 & 6, outer 1/5th seconds track on a rotating disc mounted with 3 flanges for precision scale reading, aperture for the date between 4 & 5. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. 36, rhodium-plated, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 44 mm. Thickness 15 mm. Approx. overall length 175 mm plus 2 links. Property of a Mid-West Collector