Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong, Apr 23, 2006

LOT 257

?Perpetual Calendar? Gérald Genta, "Automatic", Ref. G. 3144.7. Produced in the 1990s. Very fine, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow and white gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases and leap year indication, and an 18K yellow and white gold Gérald Genta bracelet with concealed deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, sloped two-tone bezel, case back with 8 screws, extended lugs, gold screwed bars, multi-faceted sapphire crystal. D. White opal with outer minute track in blue, subsidiary dials for the days of the month in blue painted Arabic numerals, days of the week and date, 4 apertures for the leap years and gold ring aperture for the gold moon phases. Tritium-coated yellow gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 2208, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 33 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 4 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 10 mm.