Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 07, 2005

LOT 11

?Retrograde Seconds? Frederique Constant, Genève, ?Highlife Heart-Beat ? Retrograde?, No. 18, Ref. HI FC680. Made circa 2003. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman?s wristwatch with retrograde seconds and visible escapement. Accompanied by its original box.

C. Three-body, curved bezel and band, curved lugs, transparent back with eight screws, sapphire crystals. D. Silvered, graduated painted black Arabic numerals, sector for the retrograde seconds at 6, aperture to view the escapement. Black ?spade? hands. M. 12???, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 23 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self compensating flat balance spring, shock absorber, gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 11 mm.