Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po...

New York, Mar 15, 2006

LOT 206

"Ionica" Parmigiani Fleurier, "Ionica". Made circa 2000. Very fine, tonneau-shaped, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with date and 8-day power reserve sector. Accompanied by an extra strap.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped and reeded bezel, screwed-down transparent case back secured by screws, sapphire-set winding crown, sapphire crystals. D. Guilloché black with applied pink gold Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial, up-and-down indication at 12, aperture for the date. Pink gold "javelin" hands. M. Cal. 110, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 28 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shockabsorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, ?swanneck? micrometer regulator. Dial and movement signed, case hallmarked. Dim. 34 x 45 mm. Thickness 11 mm.