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New York, Nov 28, 2001

LOT 276

Paul Picot, Genève, "La Rattrapante Technicum", No 17. Produced circa 1998.Important and very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button, split-seconds chronograph, register, tachometer, double date and 45 hours power reserve.

C. three-body, solid, polished, transparent back, stepped front and back bezels, rounded band, curved straight lugs, screwed bars, sapphire crystal, screwed-in and protected winding-crown. D. "guilloché" silver with applied gold dart indexes, auxiliary ring dials for the seconds, the 30 minute register and the days of the week, for the days of the month, sector for the up-and-down indication, outer tachometer graduation. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. M. Cal. 8888, rhodium-plated, "oeil-de-perdrixdecoration, 27 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, 21K gold rotor. The push-button between 7 and 8 is to stop and reunite the split-seconds hand.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 38 mm.