50,600 HKD
Girard-Perregaux, World Time Chronograph", Ref. 4980. Made circa 2000. Very fine, oversized, world time, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, titanium gentleman's wrist-watch with square button chronograph, registers, date and a titanium Girard-Perregaux buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate. Three-body, brushed, transparent case back, rounded bezel, concave lugs, winding-crown at 9 to move the citydisc, at 3 is for time setting and adjusting the night/day function. Black with painted luminous Arabic nume-rals,subsidiary dials for seconds, 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer red and blue revolving ring with paintedArabic numerals for 24 hours, outermost revolving disc bearing names of 24 cities, date aperture. Luminous white"arrow" hands. Cal. 3387, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" and "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 63 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 43 mm. Thickness 9 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-02-20