Rare watch for rugby referees Retrograde... - Lot 204 - Vermot et Associés

Rare watch for rugby referees Retrograde chronograph watch in steel with mechanical movement. Cushion case, smooth bezel, fluted crown, round pushers, screwed back. Sunray blue dial, white painted and applied baton hour markers, black painted tackymetric scale on white highlight, white painted spatula hands, perpetual seconds at 9 o'clock, 45 minute totalizers at 3 o'clock in a white counter with orange painted area for additional time, central right second hand for chronograph function painted in orange, date window at 6 o'clock. Blue leather strap, metal pin buckle. Case, dial and movement signed. Movement: mechanical hand-wound Eta 7734 caliber Dimensions : 41 x 37 mm - Length of the strap : 18 - 21 cm Expert's note : Rare watch probably customized for a rugby referee. The elapsed minutes totalizer is arranged in a retrograde way, in order to calculate a 40 minutes rugby half-time (starting at 0 minutes) and the five minutes in the orange zone correspond to the extra time.Condition report: Good general condition, scratches from use, the watch works at the time of the expertise, a revision of use is advised.