Lot 601

Excelsior Park "Monte Carlo", Case No. RF7740, Ref. BA 8082101 A, Cal. 7740 TJ, 43 mm, circa 1980
A vintage wristband chronograph with 30 min. and 12h counter and date
Case: steel, screw back, screwed winding crown, turnable black bezel. Dial: white, silvered and engine-turned subsidiary dials.
Excelsior Park’s "Monte Carlo" is very similar in design to Zenith’s legendary aviator’s chronograph, the "Cairelli". One of the differences between the two watches is the date window of the Monte Carlo that sits between 4 and 5 o’clock, which is due to the chronograph calibre Valjoux 7740 of the Monte Carlo. It is more or less a modified calibre 12, which replaces automatic winding with a 12-hour counter. The Monte Carlo’s case is certainly large at 43 mm and matches the size of the Cairelli. The short lugs are another distinguishing feature that gives the watch a distinctly masculine appeal.
Excelsior Park is thought to have produced the Monte Carlo in the 1980s after the production of their own movements was discontinued in 1983.

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