Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 14, 2006

LOT 215

?Kairos? Chronoswiss, ?Chronographe Kairos?, No 417/500. Made in a limited edition of 500 examples in 1989. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, offcenter hour dial and a gold-plated Chronoswiss buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, reeded bezel and back edge, ball-shaped winding-crown, screwed-down transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Matte silver with painted Arabic and Roman numerals, subsidiary dials for the hours and minutes at 12, the constant seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Blued steel "spade" and "bâton" hands. M. Cal. Valjoux 72, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, selfcompensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness: 12 mm.