Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 13, 2016

LOT 313

HEUER TRIPLE DATE MOONPHASE CHRONOGRAPH Heuer. Made in the 1950s. Fine and rare, 18K pink gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers and triple date with moonphase.

CHF 6,000 - 8,000

HKD 48,000 - 64,000 / USD 6,000 - 8,000

Sold: CHF 20,000

Three body, polished and brushed, lapidated lugs, inclined bezel, correctors on the band, snap-on case back. Silver with applied pink arabic and dart indexes, outer 1/5th seconds track with 5-second Arabic markers and date and graduation for the days of the month, subsidiary guilloche dials for the seconds, 30-minute and 12-hour registers combined with moonphase, apertures for the day of the week and the month. Pink gold dauphine hands. Cal. Val. 88, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, steel Breguet balance spring.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3-8

Good

Slightly scratched
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial signed, numbered on the case. DIAM. 35 mm. THICKNESS 10 mm. Made in the 1950's, this model was the biggest complication available on wiristwatches made by Heuer. Very rare in pink gold, Antiquorum has never offered a similar example at auction.