Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jul 09, 2016

LOT 43

BULGARI REF. CH 40 GL RATTRAPANTE YELLOW GOLD Bulgari, "Rattrapante," Automatic Chronograph, No. L270, Ref. CH 40 GL. Made circa 2002. Fine and unusual, heavy, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button split seconds chronograph, registers and an 18k yellow gold Bulgari deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box, warranty and instruction booklet.

Three-body, solid, brushed, large bezel with engraved signature, snap on transparent case back, button at 8 for the split-seconds function, sapphire crystals. White with applied yellow gold baton indexes and Arabic 12, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12- hour registers. Yellow gold bâton hands. Cal. MVA 900, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator, hack mechanism.