Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Feb 07, 2015

LOT 248

GERALD GENTA DOUBLE FUSEAU TWO TIME ZONE WATCH YELLOW GOLD Gérald Genta, Genève, case No. 51075, Ref. G 3257.7. Made in the 1990s. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with two-time-zones, two crowns and an 18K yellow gold Gerald Genta buckle.

Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped curved bezel, case back with 8 screws, straight "officer" lugs, gold screwed bars, cabochon black onyx-set winding-crowns, the crown at 2 sets the time and winds the watch, the pusher at 4 sets the time of the second time zone, jumping backwards one hour at a time, sapphire crystal. White composite with painted green radial Roman numerals, subsidiary dial in 24 hours for the second time zone with painted Arabic numerals. Yellow gold baton hands. Cal. 2892/2, rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 21 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator.