



Lot 86
GIRARD PERREGAUX. A STAINLESS STEEL MANUAL WIND CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH Olimpico, Ref: 8846, c.1968
14 April 2022, 13:00 EDT
New YorkSold for US$3,825 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistGIRARD PERREGAUX. A STAINLESS STEEL MANUAL WIND CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH
Model: Olimpico
Reference: 8846
Date: c.1968
Movement: 17-jewel Cal.073 manual column wheel chronograph
Dial: Sunburst silvered, applied beveled and polished baton hour markers with luminous dots, black outer minute and 1/5th divisions, black Arabic five minute markers, red and blue outer tachymeter scale, engine turned subsidiary dials at 3, 6, and 9 for minutes and hours registers and continuous seconds, luminous filled syringe hands, centre chronograph seconds
Case: Brushed and polished tonneau form, crown flanked by twin pushers, screw down case back, No.945002
Strap/Bracelet: Brown leather
Buckle/Clasp: Gold tone buckle
Signed: Case, dial, and movement
Size: 37mm
Reference: 8846
Date: c.1968
Movement: 17-jewel Cal.073 manual column wheel chronograph
Dial: Sunburst silvered, applied beveled and polished baton hour markers with luminous dots, black outer minute and 1/5th divisions, black Arabic five minute markers, red and blue outer tachymeter scale, engine turned subsidiary dials at 3, 6, and 9 for minutes and hours registers and continuous seconds, luminous filled syringe hands, centre chronograph seconds
Case: Brushed and polished tonneau form, crown flanked by twin pushers, screw down case back, No.945002
Strap/Bracelet: Brown leather
Buckle/Clasp: Gold tone buckle
Signed: Case, dial, and movement
Size: 37mm
Footnotes
Girard Perregaux introduced the Olímpico chronograph as a special model to celebrate the Olympic Games starting in 1968 and every four years thereafter. The present lot is likely the first generation of these Olímpico models, and retains crisp lines and an untouched dial.