Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Dec 07, 2006

LOT 204

Platinum ?Heart Beat Retrograde? Frederique Constant, Genève, ?Heart-Beat- Retrograde?, No. 09, Ref. HI FC680. Made in a limited edition of 99 examples in 2004. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman?s wristwatch with retrograde seconds and visible escapement. Accompanied by a fitted Frederique Constant box and certificate.

USD 4,500 - 6,000

EUR 3,500 - 4,700

Sold: USD 4,720

C. Two-body, curved bezel and band, curved lugs, transparent back with eight screws, sapphire crystals. D. Silvered, graduated painted black Arabic numerals, sector for the retrograde seconds at 6 o`clock, aperture to view the escapement. Black ?spade? hands. M. 12???, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 23 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self compensating flat balance spring, shock absorber, gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 11 mm.


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Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 1

As new

Movement: 1

As new

Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original