Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 10, 2013

LOT 239

ETERNA REF. 8508.41 CHRONOGRAPH STEEL Eterna, Eterna-Matic, Cambridge. Ref. 8508.41. Made in the 1990?s. Fine, self-winding, water resistant to 30 m, stainless steel wristwatch with date, round button chronograph, tachometer and telemeter.

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, lapidated bezel, concave lugs, screw-down case back, sapphire crystal. D. Two-tone silver with painted Arabic numerals, outer 1/5th seconds track with 5-second Arabic markers, most outer red telemeter scale and black tachometer scale, subsidiary dials for the seconds, 12-hour, 30-minute registers, aperture for the date between 4 & 5. Black feuille hands. M. Cal. 2894-2, rhodium-plated, 37 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 38 mm. THICKNESS 13 mm