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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, May 13, 2007

LOT 144

"Karre - Chronograph" Glashütte Original "Karre - Chronograph", No. 25078, case No. 0228. Made circa 2000. Very fine, rectangular, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, date and a 18K yellow gold Glashütte deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and the Certificate of Origin.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped bezel and sides, lapidated and curved lugs, transparent case back secured by 8 screws, sapphire crystals. D. Two-tone silver with applied pink gold dart indexes on an outer plain reserve, subsidiary dials for the constant seconds, the 30-minute and 6-hour registers, aperture for the date with ?cyclops? lens at 12. Pink gold "dauphine" hands. M. Cal. 39, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 51 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 35 x 37 mm. Thickness 13.5 mm.