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

LOT 61

Girard-Perregaux, "275 Le Mans", Ref. 8090,No. 740/2000.Produced in a limited series of 2000examples. Produced circa 2000.Fine and rare, self-winding, water-re-sistant, stainless steel gentleman's wrist-watch with round button chronograph, re-gisters, tachometer and a stainless steel Girard Perregaux buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box.

C. three-body, polished and brushed, back with screws and engraved with the Ferrari 275 Le Mans and the monogram "24 Hours Le Mans Winner 1965", rounded lugs, sapphire crystal.D. black with luminous Arabic numerals and indexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hour registers and the 24 hours, outer tachometer graduation, center minute hand. "Moderne" luminous white hands. M. Cal. 2280, rhodium-plated, 57 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm.