Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 15, 2015

LOT 248

TUDOR REF. 7149 MONTE CARLO STEEL CHRONO Tudor, "Oyster Date", case No. 844089, Ref. 7149/0, case made by Rolex, Geneva. Made in the 1980s. Fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round-button chronograph, register, tachometer and date. Accompanied by the original fitted box, warranty (now void) and booklet.

Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down engraved case back, crown and buttons, tachometer graduation on the black bezel to 500 units per hour, Triplock winding crown protected by the crown guard, crystal with cyclops lens. Bicolor anthracite and black with luminous baton indexes, outer 1/5th seconds scale with 5-minute/second red Arabic markers, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 45-minute register, aperture for the date at 6. Luminous black baton hands. Cal. 234, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring.