Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 28, 2014

LOT 460

GERALD GENTA REF. 2233.4 PERPETUAL CALENDAR MOON PHASES YELLOW GOLD Gérald Genta, Genève, "Automatic," case No. 27021, Ref. G2233.4. Made in the 1990s. Fine, astronomic, self-winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, leap year indication, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold Gérald Genta buckle.

Two-body, solid, polished, "Vendôme" type lugs, snap-on case back, sapphire crystal. Ivory-color with painted radial Roman numerals, subsidiary dials for the days of the week, the month, the date, round aperture for the moon phases. Yellow gold baton hands. Cal. 889/1, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 33 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring.