100,300 HKD
Wempe 125th Anniversary “Flieger Chronograph” International Watch Co. , Schaffhausen, “Flieger Chronograph Perpetual Calendar”, No. 34. Made in a limited edition of 50 examples in 2003 to mark the 125th anniversary of WEMPE. Very rare and fine, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, 30-minute and 12-hour registers, secular perpetual calendar, moon phases and a stainless steel deployant clasp. Three-body, brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, sapphire crystal. Black with white Arabic numerals, outer 1/5th seconds scale with 5-minute/seconds Arabic markers, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, the days of the month and the week, apertures for the moon phases at 12 and for the 4-digit year display until 2499 at 8. Luminous steel "baton" hands. Cal. 79261, gilt brass, 39 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 43 mm. Thickness 16 mm. Property of a German Collector
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-06-02
