Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 07, 2005

LOT 228

"Goofy" Gérald Genta, Genève, "Retro Disney", Automatic, Ref. G 3632. Made in the late 1990s. Fine, jump hour and retrograde minutes, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with an 18K white gold Gérald Genta buckle.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, case back with 6 screws, ridged band, rounded bezel, straight lugs, sapphire crystal. D. Mother-of-pearl, between 8 and 4, sector with painted Arabic numerals for the minutes, aperture at 7 for the jump hour, at the center, a polychrome design of "Goofy" indicating the minutes with his mobile left arm. M. Cal. 4503, rhodium-plated, 27 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shockabsorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness: 10 mm.