Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong, Apr 23, 2006

LOT 189

?Highlife Heart-Beat ? Day-Date? Frederique Constant, Genève , ?Highlife Heart-Beat ? Day- Date?, No. 06. Ref. HI FC610. Made in a limited edition of 99 pieces, circa 2003. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum gentleman?s wristwatch with day and date indications, visible escapement, 18K white gold buckle, box and certificate.

C. Three-body, curved bezel and band, curved lugs, transparent back with eight screws, sapphire crystals. D. Black, graduated painted white Arabic numerals, outer fifth of a second track with red painted 25-second numerals, subsidiary dial for date and days of the week, aperture to view the escapement. White ?lozenge? hands. M. 12???, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 27 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance spring, shock absorber, yellow gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 11 mm.