Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 14, 2006

LOT 113

"Mille Miglia" Chopard Genève, "Mille Miglia", No. 786/1000. Made in the 1990s. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, date and a stainless steel Chopard buckle.

C. Three-body, polished, straight lugs, case-back with 8 screws, sapphire crystal. D. Off-white with luminous radial Arabic numerals, subsidiary red ring dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, the logo "1000 Miglia" and "1927- 1997", outer tachometer graduation, aperture for the date between 4 and 5. Luminous blued steel "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 2894-2, rhodiumplated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 37 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 4 positions, self-compensating flat balancespring, micrometer regulator. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 11 mm.