Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Oct 15, 2006

LOT 151

Movado, Ref. 9038. Produced in the 1950s. Very fine, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, stepped bezel, triangular lugs, dust protecting cap. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold dot indexes and Arabic numerals, subsidiary "guilloché" dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer tachometer graduation in painted blue Arabic numerals, concentric, the 1/5th second scale and the minutes in red Arabic numerals. Yellow gold ?épee" hands. M. Cal. 95 M-12''', rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 14 mm.