$20,000
BAUME & MERCIER, "CAPELAND SHELBY COBRA" UNIQUE PIECE RED GOLD FLYBACK CHRONOGRAPH Baume & Mercier, Capeland Shelby Cobra, case No. 5141954, Ref. MOA 10255. Made to support the work of the CARROLL SHELBY FOUNDATION as a Unique Timepiece in 2015. Very fine and extremely rare, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K red gold wristwatch with round button fly-back chronograph, register, date, tachometer and a Baume & Mercier 18K red gold buckle. Accompanied by the original luxury wooden box, die cast model of the Copra race car, instruction booklet and 50 Year SHELBY COBRA leaflet. Two-body, solid, polished, transparent case back with 4 screws and engraved Baume & Mercier, Copeland, Shelby Cobra 1965 -2015 Unique Piece, back crystal with etched "Carroll Shelby" signature, sapphire crystals. White with two blue vertical stripes, painted Arabic numerals and luminous dots, outer 1/5th seconds track and tachometer scale, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register, aperture for the date between 4&5. Luminous pink gold dauphine hands. Cal. LJP 8147, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 27 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Notes Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 44 mm. THICKNESS 16 mm. ONE-OF-A-KIND CAPELAND SHELBY® COBRA 18K RED GOLD FLYBACK CHRONOGRAPH The Capeland Shelby® Cobra is inspired by the graphic identity codes of the Shelby Cobra racecar. This one-off chronograph is
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2015-12-15
