Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 14, 2006

LOT 299

"Tambour" Louis Vuitton, ?Tambour - Chronographe Automatique Chronometer?, No. 052/277, Ref. Q 1140. Made in 2003. Very fine, large and thick, self-winding, water-resistant to 100 m., stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, date and stainless steel LV deployant clasp. Accompanied by a LV box and a certificate.

C. Two-body, polished, transparent case back with 6 screws, rounded band with signature, flat bezel, central geometrical lugs. D. Sunburst gray with applied steel indexes and Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the12-hour and 30- minute registers, outer minute and chronograph divisions, luminous dots, aperture for the date between 4 and 5. Luminous white gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. LV 277, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 31 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 41 mm. Thickness 14 mm.