$10,580
Girard-Perregaux, "ww. tc World Time Chronograph", Ref. 4980. Produced circa 2000.Very fine, large, two time zone, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, date and an 18K white gold Girard-Perregaux buckle. three-body, solid, polished, transparent case back with screws, rounded bezel, concave lugs, sapphire crystal. black with applied white gold Arabic numerals and luminous dots, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hour and 30 minute registers, surrounded with a white and red revolving ring with contrasting painted Arabic numerals for the night/day hours, another outer revolving disc bears the names of 24 cities in the world , aperture for the date between 2 and 3. "Feuille" luminous stel hands, steel arrow for the chronograph. The winding-crown on the 9 activates the city disc backwards or forwards, the one on the 3 is for time-setting and activates the night/day division disc clock- or counter-clock wise. Cal. 3387, rhodium-plated, "fausses cotes" and "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 63 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, 21K gold rotor.Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 43 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-05-21