Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 07, 2005

LOT 230

"Perpetual Automatic" Swiss "Perpetual Automatic". Made in the 1990s. Fine, astronomic, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold buckle.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, glazed case back, stepped bezel, fluted lugs, sapphire crystals. D. White with applied yellow gold baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the days of the month, of the week, the months and the leap year, graduation for the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases. Black "bâton" hands. M. Gilt, engraved decoration, 29 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, off-center skeletonized rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 7.5 mm.