Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Mar 10, 2011

LOT 236

Technology No. 1 Corum, "Admiral's Cup, Anniversary Edition?, Ref. 274.849.59, No. 1/10. Made in a limited edition of 10 examples in the late 1990s. Very fine, rare and unusual, dodecagonal, animated quarter repeating, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with concealed automata and an 18K white gold Corum buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, reeded bezel with engraved indexes, stepped lugs, stepped case back with 6 screws, sapphire crystal. D. ?Guilloché? white with applied white gold numerals reading ?1000-2000? at the hours, 3 apertures for the multi-colored revolving scenes of a printing press, sail boats, steam engine, oil fields, and the Apollo Lander, the chimes reading ?S? and ?@?. White gold baton hands. M. Cal. 274, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes 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 counter-clockwise. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness: 15 mm.