Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 08, 2014

LOT 72

FREDERIQUE CONSTANT REF. FC 985 TOURBILLON MOON PHASE DATE SILICIUM 24H LIMITED EDITION PINK GOLD Frederique Constant, Genève, "Tourbillon Moon Phase Date Silicium 24H", No. 39 / 188, Ref. FC-985X4H9. Made in a limited edition of 188 pieces circa 2011. Fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator, date, 24-hour day and night indication, moon phases and an 18K pink gold Frederique Constant buckle. Accompanied by the original wooden box, Certificate and push-pin.

Two-body, solid, polished, rounded bezel and band, correctors in the band, curved lugs, transparent case back with 6 screws, sapphire crystals. Engine-turned silver with painted radial black Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary dials for the date and the 24-hours with day and night indication, aperture for the tourbillon at 6 with seconds, and moon phases at 12. Oxidized gold Breguet hands. Cal. FC-980/985, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 33 jewels, silicium lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and 3 positions, self-compensating flat balance spring.