Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong,the Ritz Carlton Hotel,harbour Room, 3rd Floor, Jun 02, 2007

LOT 266

?White Gold ? Louis Vuitton Cup? Louis Vuitton, "Chronometer Chronograph", No. 087/120, Ref. Q 11430. Made in a limited series of 120 pieces in 2003 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the "Louis Vuitton Cup." Very fine and rare, thick, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, date and an 18K white gold Louis Vuitton deployant clasp.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, transparent case back with 6 screws, rounded band with signature, flat bezel, central geometrical lugs, topaz-set winding crown. D. Satine silver with applied white gold indexes and radial bold Arabic numerals, subsidiary anthracite dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer minute graduation and luminous dots, aperture for the date between 4 and 5. Luminous white gold baton hour and minute hands, yellow chronograph and register 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.