Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 07, 2005

LOT 49

?Cosmonaut?s Chronograph " Fortis "Official Cosmonaut?s Chronograph", No. 025, Ref. 602.50.142. Produced in the 1990s. Fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, day and date, tachometer, an unusual dial and a gold plated Fortis buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and a signed letter by Yuri Gagarin.

C. Three-body, micro-sanded, tachometer graduation on the bezel, screwed-down case back and crown, case back engraved with the UNK logo, sapphire crystal. D. Black, tritium-coated indexes and Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds, 30-minute register and 24-hour dials, apertures for the days of the week and the date. Tritium-coated "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 5100, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 14 mm.