Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Sep 17, 2009

LOT 54

Steel Bubble Skeleton Corum, Bubble Skeleton, case No. 1695565, Ref. 082.150.20. Made in a limited edition in 2005. Fine and unusual, large and curved, skeletonized, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with a thick domed crystal creating a lens effect and a stainless steel Corum double deployant clasp. Accompanied by fitted box. To be sold without reserve

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, concave lugs, transparent case back with 6 screws, heavily domed anti-reflective sapphire crystal, ball-shaped screw-down winding crown with rubber ring. D. Luminous steel skeleton hands. M. Cal. based ETA 2892A2, blackened and skeletonized, 28 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self compensating flat balance spring, index regulator, skeletonized rotor with signature, hack mechanism. Case and movement signed. Diam. 45 mm. Thickness: 18 mm. Property of an East Coast collector