$4,000
WEMPE ZEITMEISTER LIMITED EDITION No. 088/100 Wempe, Glashütte SA, ‘Wempe Chronometerwerke Sternwarte Glashutte 1.SA’ No. 088/100. Ref.WM69 0001. Made in a limited edition of 100 examples for the 100th anniversary of the Glashutte observatory in 2010. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, self-winding ceramic chronometer wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, tachometer and a stainless steel Wempe deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original box and operating manual. Three-body, matt, convex bezel, stainless steel case back with central observatory motif secured by 6 screws, inset date advance at 11 position, rubber strap secured by screws, anti-reflective sapphire crystal. Matt black with applied steel lapidated baton indexes, outer minute/seconds division, outermost raised tachometer scale, subsidiary guilloché dials for the seconds and the 30-minute register. Steel dauphine hands, red chronograph hands. Modified Cal. 7753, rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 27 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator,. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 43.5 mm. Thickness 15 mm. Donated by Wempe
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2010-10-20
