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de Grisogono. A fine and rare titanium limited edition dual time wristwatch with mechanical analog and digital time display, original warranty and box
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de Grisogono. A fine and rare titanium limited edition dual time wristwatch with mechanical analog and digital time display, original warranty and box

SIGNED DE GRISOGONO, GENÈVE, MECCANICO DG N01, NO. 013/177, CASE NO. 035'041, CIRCA 2012

Closed11 May 2015

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de Grisogono. A fine and rare titanium limited edition dual time wristwatch with mechanical analog and digital time display, original warranty and box
Signed de Grisogono, Genève, Meccanico dG N01, no. 013/177, case no. 035'041, circa 2012
Mechanical jewelled movement, semi-skeletonized black dial, green Arabic and baton numerals, fan-form sector for time display, digital time display for second time zone, trapezoid-shaped case, two round black rubber push buttons in the band at 4 and 8 o'clock to adjust hour and minutes for digital time display, glazed display back secured by eight screws, titanium de Grisogono double deployant clasp, case and dial signed
47.5 mm. width; overall length of bracelet approx. 170 mm.

Specialist note

With de Grisogono International Warranty dated 1 March 2012, instruction manual, original fitted presentation box and outer packaging.

Consigned by its first owner, the present watch is preserved in excellent, close to new overall condition. It is no. 13 of the limited series of 177 examples of this model launched in 2008 to celebrate the manufacturer's 15th anniversary.

With the Meccanico dG, de Grisogono presents a design catapulting purest watchmaking tradition into the future. With a total of 651 components, the Meccanico dG's mechanical movement is one of the most complex ever made. A masterpiece of fine watchmaking, designed to display the time in two time zones, it ranks as the world's first watch with a mechanical digital display as well as an analogue face. Based on a de Grisogono patent, this world premier combines a remarkably complex mechanism and a very contemporary design.