$18,975
Paul Picot, Genève, "La Rattrapante Atelier 310", No 091/200. Produced in a limited edition of 200 examples in 1998.Important and very fine, astronomic, antimagnetic, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with oval shaped button, split-seconds chronograph registers, tachometer, triple date and moon phases, 38 hours autonomy and an 18K yellow gold Paul Picot buckle. three-body, solid, polished, reeded and stepped front and back bezels, band and push-buttons, case back with screws and sapphire glass porthole, fluted and curved straight lugs. "guilloché" silver with painted radial Roman numerals on a plain reserve, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hour and 30 minute registers, the days of the month, days of the week, the months, outer tachometer graduation, aperture for the moon phases. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. Cal. Venus 179, elaborated ad specially finished by Paul Picot to the PP 310, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 22 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator, the coaxial single button on the winding-crown is to stop and reunite the split-seconds hand.Dial signed. Case numbered.Diam. 42 mm. Notes What is a split-seconds chronograph?A split-seconds chronograph or rattrapante is a type of chronograph watch with two coaxial superimposed center-seconds hands that are controlled by two push-buttons. One push-button controls the split-seconds ha
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-11-28
