Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 11, 2014

LOT 243

GERALD GENTA DAY DATE MOON CORAL DIAL YELLOW GOLD Gérald Genta, Genève, "Automatic", case No. 35349, Ref. G 2747.8. Made in the 1980s. Fine, octagonal, self-winding, 18k yellow gold wristwatch with day and date, moon phases, 24-hour day and night indication and an 18k yellow gold Gérald Genta buckle.

Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped octagonal bezel, Vendome type central lugs with screwed bars, corrector buttons on the band, coral-set winding crown, sapphire crystal Red coral with painted black radial Roman numerals, subsidiary dials for the days of the week, the date, the 24-hour day and night indication, mother of pearl aperture for the moon phases. Yellow gold baton hands Cal. 2919, rhodium-plated, 35 jewels, fausses cotes decoration, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, adjusted to 4 positions, shock absorber, free-sprung self-compensating flat balance spring.