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Hôtel Plaza Athénée - Le Trianon, Sep 28, 2005

LOT 303

Bovet Fleurier S.A., Genève, "Sportster", No. 2932, case No. 3779. Made in 2001. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, asymmetric, diamond-set stainless steel gentleman?s wristwatch with Chinese dial, square button chronograph at 11 and 1 o'clock, registers, date and a stainless steel Bovet deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down transparent case back, rounded polished band, brushed inclined bezel, asymmetric "Vendôme" type lugs with screwed bars at 6, extended mobile geometrical-shaped pendant and winding-crown at 12, square chronograph buttons at 11 and 1. D. Mother-of-pearl with blue enameled Chinese characters for the hours, subsidiary sunk dials for the seconds, 12-hour and 30-minute register dials with unusual numeration, double aperture for the date at 12 with Arabic numerals. Blued steel skeletonized ?bâton" hands. M. Cal. 800, rhodium-plated, 28 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, 22K blue gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 15 mm.