Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Dec 07, 2006

LOT 20

Glashütte Original "Karre", No. 0047. Made circa 2003. Very fine, rectangular, astronomic, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, age of the moon and moon phases.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, transparent case back with 8 screws, stepped bezel and sides, straight lapidated lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Two-tone silver with painted Arabic numerals, subsidiary guilloché dials for the date, the days of the week, the months and the leap year, aperture for the moon phases. Blued steel "alpha" hands. M. Cal. 42, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 19 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, selfcompensating flat balance spring, ?swan-neck? micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 35 x 45 mm. Thickness 11 mm.