Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Mar 28, 2007

LOT 186

A very fine and unique set of 5 wristwatches. Corum, made expressly for Asprey, London in the early 1990s. Very fine and unusual, cushion-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold and diamond gentleman's wristwatches with various functions, each with an 18K yellow gold Corum-for-Asprey deployant clasp. A. With date. B. With power reserve indicator. C. With power reserve indicator, date and 3-arm seconds hand. D. Skeletonized, with power reserve indicator, date and 3-arm seconds hand. E. With power reserve indicator and 3-arm seconds hand. To be sold without reserve

C. Two-body, solid, polished, wide stepped bezel, fluted lugs, transparent case back with 8 screws, winding crown set with a round faceted diamond, sapphire crystals. D. Guilloché silver with outermost "sunray" decoration, applied yellow gold "lozenge" indexes and gold dots, plain ring dial for the date at 6. Yellow gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. FP 9.51, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 19 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 33 x 33 mm. Thickness 8 mm. C. Two-body, solid, polished, wide stepped bezel, fluted lugs, transparent case back with 8 screws, winding crown set with a round faceted diamond, sapphire crystals. D. Guilloché silver with outermost "sunray" decoration, applied yellow gold "lozenge" indexes and gold dots, half-round sector for the up-and-down indication at 3. Yellow gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. FP 9.51, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 21 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 33 x 33 mm. Thickness 8 mm. C. Two-body, solid, polished, wide stepped bezel, fluted lugs, transparent case back with 8 screws, winding crown set with a round faceted diamond, sapphire crystals. D. Guilloché silver with outermost "sunray" decoration, applied yellow gold "lozenge" indexes and gold dots, sector for the up-and-down indication at 3. Yellow gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. FP 9.51, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 21 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 33 x 33 mm. Thickness 8 mm. C. Two-body, solid, polished, wide stepped bezel, fluted lugs, transparent case back with 8 screws, winding crown set with a round faceted diamond, sapphire crystals. D. Skeletonized with outermost "sunray" decoration, applied yellow gold "lozenge" indexes and gold dots, plain ring dial for the date at 6, sectors for the up-and-down indication at 3 and the seconds at 9. Yellow gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. FP 9.51, skeletonized, gilt, hand-engraved, 21 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 33 x 33 mm. Thickness 8 mm. C. Two-body, solid, polished, wide stepped bezel, fluted lugs, transparent case back with 8 screws, winding crown set with a round faceted diamond, sapphire crystals. D. Guilloché silver with outermost "sunray" decoration, applied yellow gold "lozenge" indexes and gold dots, sectors for the up-and-down indication at 3 and the seconds at 9. Yellow gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. FP 9.51, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 21 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 33 x 33 mm. Thickness 8 mm.