Sold for:
6,960 CHF

USA 76 Girard-Perregaux, "ww. tc-World Time Chronograph, GGYG, Challenger of Record", No. 641/750, Ref. 49800. Made in a limited edition of 750 examples for the for the 32nd America’s Cup “BMW Oracle Racing USA 76 challenger of record” sailing team, sold on January 30th, 2007. Very fine, oversized, world time, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, date and a stainless steel Girard-Perregaux double deployant clasp. Accompanied by guarantee, certificate and booklet. To be sold without reserve Three-body, brushed and polished, case back with 6 screws engraved with the USA-76 racing boat, rounded bezel, concave lugs, screwed-down winding crown at 9 to move the city disc, at 3 for time setting and adjusting the night/day function, sapphire crystal. Black with painted luminous baton indexes and luminous Arabic 12, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer blue and white revolving ring with painted Arabic 24 hour numerals, outermost revolving disc bearing names of 24 locations, inner minute track, aperture for the date between 1 & 2. Luminous white arrow and lozenge hands. Cal. GP033C0, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes and oeil de perdrix decoration, 63 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 43 mm. Thickness 13.5 mm.


Antiquorum

Auctioneer:
Antiquorum

Date:
2008-05-11