Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 11, 2013

LOT 38

VINCENT CALABRESE, NIGHT AND DAY, STEEL Vincent Calabrese, Swiss, "Night & Day," No. 650. Made circa 2006. Fine and unusual, self-winding, water-resistant, center seconds, stainless steel wristwatch with night and day indication and a stainless steel Hermes deployant clasp.

Two-body, polished, inclined bezel, curved band, fluted lugs, snap-on transparent back, sapphire crystals. Textured black with index apertures, Arabic and roman indexes changing between 12 and 24 hour indication (day & night), outer minutes division, date aperture at 12, power reserve indicator at 6. Cal. based ETA 2892A2, rhodium plated, fausses cotes and oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 21 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed.