Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 11, 2013

LOT 296

TUDOR REF. 79180 CHRONO TIME Tudor, Oyster-Date, Automatic - Chrono Time , No. B599659, Ref. 79180, case made by Rolex, Geneva. Made in the 1990s. Fine, self-winding, water resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, date and a stainless steel Tudor Oyster bracelet.

USD 2,000 - 3,000

HKD 15,000 - 23,000 / CHF 1,900 - 2,900

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Sold: USD 3,375

Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back engraved with initials: C.C., steel bezel with tachometer graduation to 500 UPH, Triplock winding crown protected by the crown guard, crystal with cyclops lens. Bicolor black and silver with applied steel baton indexes and luminous dots, outer 1/5th seconds scale, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers, aperture for the date. Luminous steel baton hands. Cal. T 7750, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3-9

Good

Scratched

Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

DIAM. 40 mm. THICKNESS 14 mm. Approx. overall length 195 mm. To be sold without reserve