Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Nov 13, 2016
LOT 316
HEUER REF. 2448 CARRERA CHRONOGRAPH VALJOUX 72 GOLD PLATED Heuer, 'Carrera' Chronograph, Ref. 2448. Made in the late 1960s. Fine, water resistant, gold-plated and stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers with a Heuer bracelet with a gold plated AW buckle.
CHF 3,500 - 5,500
HKD 28,000 - 44,000 / USD 3,500 - 5,500
Sold: CHF 4,375
Two-body, gold-plated, polished and brushed, flat bezel, lapidated lugs, screwed-down steel case back. Two-tone silver with applied yellow gilt faceted baton indexes and luminous dots, outer minutes and 1/5th of a seconds divisions, inner red tachometer scale to 200 units, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers. Luminous yellow gilt baton hands. Cal. Valjoux 72, rhodium-plated, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 1-8 |
As new Slightly scratched |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |