Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Mar 11, 2012
LOT 149
BOVET MONO-RATTRAPANTE TROPICAL DIAL Bovet Frères & Cie, Swiss, ?Mono-Rattrapante?, Ref. 5347/2454. Made in the 1940s. Fine and rare, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, register and tachometer.
CHF 3,500 - 4,500
USD 3,800 - 5,000 / EUR 3,000 - 3,700
C. Two-body, polished and brushed, fl at bezel, concave lugs. D. Black with baton and roman indexes, subsidiary guilloche seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer 1/5th seconds track with Arabic markers and inner scale tachometer graduation. White-painted steel hands. M. Cal. 4001, rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial signed, numbered on the case. Diam. 38 mm. Height 14 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3-6* |
Good Slightly oxidized Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-10-01 |
Good Patinated HANDS Original |