Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Sep 17, 2009

LOT 78

Pink Gold Grande Seconde "Hommage" Jaquet Droz, Genève, "Hommage Genève 1784," "Grande Seconde," No. 25/88. Made in a limited edition of 88 pieces in 2003, sold December 12, 2004. Very fine and rare, large, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with regulator-style dial, oversized seconds indication and an 18K pink gold Jaquet Droz buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, transparent case back, rounded band and bezel, curved concave lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Silver engraved in sunburst pattern, off-center dial for the hours and minutes with painted radial Roman numerals, below a large subsidiary dial for the seconds with painted seconds track and 10-seconds Arabic markers. Blued steel alpha hands. M. Cal. 2663.4, rhodiumplated, fausses cotes decoration, 30 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, twin barrels. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 43 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Property of an East Coast collector