30,000 HKD
Wyler Tantalum Titanium Carbon Fiber Chronograph – Limited Edition – Dakar Rally Wyler, Geneve, No. 35 of 182, Ref. 100.7. Made in a limited edition of 182 pieces in 2009. Fine, large, tonneau-shaped and curved, tantalum, titanium, carbon fiber, self-winding, water-resistant, wristwatch with pedalbutton chronograph, registers, date and a Wyler black rubber strap with black deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted Wyler box and Dakar Rally book. To be sold without reserve Three-body, sprung for shock absorption, brushed, inclined bezel, black carbon fiber sides, secured by four special DLC (diamond-like carbon) black bolts, crown with patented pull-out crown protector, transparent back inscribed “Official Watch of the Dakar Rally” with 4 screws, sapphire crystals. Two-tone black and sand-colored with applied sand-colored radial Arabic numerals, outer minute and seconds divisions and Arabic five-minute/seconds numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, 30-minute and 12-hour registers, date aperture between 4 and 5. Polished and frosted luminous baton hands, red chronograph and seconds hands. Cal. 2894-2, rhodium-plated, 37 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, selfcompensating flat balance spring, shock absorber, micrometer regulator, black rotor. Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 52 x 43 mm. Thickness 15 mm. Notes This watch was made in a limited edition of 182 pieces to commemorate the number of participants in the first Dakar Rally in 1979.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2010-06-25
