Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 08, 2014

LOT 307

GERALD GENTA YELLOW GOLD TOURBILLON & PERPETUAL CALENDAR Gérald Genta, Genève, No. 17, movement No. 064, case No. 49065, Ref. G 4009.4. Made in the 1990s. Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with one-minute tourbillon regulator, perpetual calendar, moon phases and a Gérald Genta 18K yellow gold double deployant clasp.

Two-body, octagonal, stepped bezel, octagonal winding crown, setting pushers on the band, transparent case back secured by 8 screws, hooded octagonal-section lugs with gold screwed bars, sapphire crystals. White lacquer, subsidiary dials for the day of the week / seconds, of the month, the months, apertures for the moon phases on a lapis-lazuli background, and the leap years. Luminous yellow gold épée hands. Cal. 11''', engraved gilt brass with the seal of Geneva quality mark, 44 jewels, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator, Gérald Genta polished steel bridge, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, engraved and skeletonized gold rotor bearing the initials "GG".