Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jan 26, 2013

LOT 219

GIRARD-PERREGAUX REF. 49805 F.T.C. WORLD TIME CHRONOGRAPH STEEL Girard-Perregaux, Swiss, No. 57/150, WW.TC, Hours of the world and chronograph, Ref. 49805. Sold on May 29, 2009. Fine, world time, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, date and a stainless steel Girard-Perregaux bracelet with double deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box, guarantee and instruction booklet.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, concave lugs, rounded bezel, case back with 6 screws, screwed-down winding crown at 9 to move the city disc, at 3 for time setting and adjusting the night/day function, sapphire crystal. D. Black with painted luminous baton indexes and luminous Arabic 12, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer blue, black, yellow and white revolving ring with painted Arabic 24 hour numerals, outermost revolving disc bearing names of 24 locations, inner minute track, aperture for the date between 1 & 2. Luminous white arrow and lozenge hands. M. Cal. GP033C0, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes and oeil-de perdrix decoration, 63 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 43 mm. Thickness 13.5 mm. Approx. overall length 175 mm.