Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Dec 07, 2006

LOT 207

Platinum ?Heart Beat Day Date? Frederique Constant, Genève, ?Heart Beat Day Date?, No. 9, Ref. FC-610. Made in a limited edition of 99 examples in 2003. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum gentleman`s wristwatch with day and date indications, visible escapement and a platinum buckle. Accompanied by a fitted Frederique Constant box and certificate.

C. Two-body, curved bezel and band, curved lugs, transparent back with eight screws, sapphire crystals. D. Black with graduated painted black Arabic numerals, outer fifth of a second division with red painted 25-second numerals, subsidiary dial for date and days of the week, aperture to view the escapement. Luminous white ?spade? hands. M. 12???, rhodium- plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 27 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.