Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Nov 12, 2006

LOT 78

?Minute-Repeating Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar ? No. 1? Gérald Genta, Genève, No. 1, case No. 52133, Ref. G 4018.7. Made in the 1990s. Very fine and rare, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant, minute-repeating 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with one-minute tourbillon carriage, perpetual calendar, moon phases and a Gérald Genta 18K yellow gold bracelet "à grosses mailles" with concealed deployant clasp.

C. Two-body, solid, inclined bezel, hexagonal winding-crown, pushers and minuterepeating button on the band, transparent screwed-down case back, hooded lugs with gold screwed bars, sapphire Crystals. D. Mother-of-pearl with luminous round indexes, subsidiary gold ring dials for the days of the month, of the week, the months in painted Arabic numerals, aperture for the gold moon phases on a lapis-lazuli background, leap year cycle. Luminous "épée" yellow gold hands. M. 11''', engraved gilt brass, 44 jewels, lateral lever escapement, monometallic balance, one-minute tourbillon carriage with polished steel bridge, adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, engraved and skeletonized gold rotor bearing the initials "GG", repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 15 mm. Approx. overall length: 170 mm.