AN UNUSUAL AND HEAVY LIMITED EDITION PINK GOLD REVERSIBLE AUTOMATIC TWO TIME ZONE CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH, DE GRISOGONO, "INSTRUMENTO DOPPIO", CIRCA 2002

18k, black circular automatic lever movement, black guilloche front dial with applied pink gold Arabic numerals for current time zone, three subsidiary framed sunk dials indicating constant seconds at 3, 30 minutes register at 9 and 12 hours register at 6, twin apertures for large date display, inner ring with central chronograph hand, pink gold Dauphine hands, reverse guilloche dial reveals the black movement and central rotor with second time zone indication, applied pink gold Arabic numerals, heavy square case swizelling into back piece, secured by locking nut, two crowns for current and second time zone correction, round chronograph push buttons, large triangular form lugs, case, dial and movement signed, with an 18k pink gold de Grisogono double deployant twin lock clasp.

de Grisogono is a well know jewellery designer who in 2001 launched its own unique brand of watches. Not only is the design extraordinary, but the company has strived to perfect an unusual horological presence by adding complications. The present pink gold "Instrumento Doppio" chronograph wristwatch was created by de Grisogono in 2002 in a limited series of only 500 pieces, has the second time zone displayed with a system of hands passing through the central oscillating rotor, a bold and dramatic piece of design.