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Roosevelt Hotel, Madison Avenue @ 45th Street, Dec 04, 2002

LOT 49

Parmigiani, Fleurier, "Torus", Ref. C00742. Produced circa 2000.Very fine and elegant, center-seconds, self-winding, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with date and a platinum Parmigiani Fleurier buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box.

C. three-body, solid, polished, stepped and reeded bezel, transparent case back, straight lugs, cabochon sapphire-set winding-crown, sapphire crystal. D. "guilloché" charcoal-grey with painted radial Roman numerals on a plain matte silver reserve, aperture for the date. "Javelin" white gold hands. M. Cal. 133, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 25 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 40 mm.