Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 07, 2005

LOT 293

?The Horse Race? Corum, "Admiral's Cup, Anniversary Edition?, No. 6/10. Made in a limited edition of 10 examples in the 1990s. Very fine, rare and unusual, dodecagonal, animated quarterrepeating, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with concealed automata and an 18K pink gold Corum buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, reeded bezel with gold dots, stepped lugs, stepped case back with 6 screws, sapphire crystal. D. ?Guilloché? white with applied pink gold baton indexes, 3 apertures for the multi-colored revolving horseracing scene and the 2 bells. Pink gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. 274, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 35 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, self-compensating flat balance-spring, shock-absorber, repeating on gongs by turning the bezel. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 41 mm. Thickness: 15 mm.