Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
New York - The Fuller Building, Dec 07, 2006
LOT 313
?Minute-Repeating Perpetual Calendar?
Gérald Genta, Genève, ?Minute-Repeating Perpetual
Calendar, No. 3, movement No. 13000, case No. 44372,
Ref G3019.4. Made for Asprey in London in 1989.
Very fine, unusual and rare, octagonal, minute-repeating, astronomic, selfwinding,
platinum and diamond gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual
calendar and moon phases and skeletonized dial.
USD 40,000 - 50,000
EUR 30,000 - 40,000
Sold: USD 53,100
C. Two-body, solid, polished, transparent and screwed-down case back, stepped bezel set with 24 baguette-shaped diamonds, "Vendôme" type lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Transparent, subsidiary silver dials for the days of the month, the week, the months, leap year and in blue with aperture for the moon phases. White gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. 192, hand engraved, 40 jewels, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, repeating on gongs by activating oval pushpiece on the band, skeletonized rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 11 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3-10 |
Good Patinated |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 01 |
HANDS Original |
Notes
was born in 1931 to an Italian father and a Swiss mother. From a very young age, he showed a real talent for drawing and painting. From the age of 7 he began to paint landscapes of Switzerland, spending hours in the countryside to satisfy his thirst for the beauty of nature. Between the ages of 15 and 20, he never stopped painting, and was frequently world. Matching technique with beauty, he produced precious perpetual calendars, minuterepeaters with crystal clear sound, and finally, the most complicated watch in the world, the ?grande sonnerie?, which was to be the ultimate point in his career. In 1998, he sold his company and brand name, and straight away picked up his paint brushes with enthusiasm and passion. His personality appears very clearly, through his style which is not associated with any school, and is reminiscent of no other painter. This allows him a total freedom of expression. The world of Gérald Genta is full of color, life, and energy. In November 2000, however, Gérald Genta returned to the world of horology, creating an entirely new line of watches under the name Gérald Charles. ?My new watches?, explains Genta, ?will show a new freedom of expression... They will be highly personalized and intended, above all, for the watch collector.? The Gérald Charles line of watches includes timekeepers of two types: first, automatic chronographs made of steel; and second, simple watches with three hands, made of titanium. commissioned to paint portraits of people who appreciated his personal vision of their loved ones. However, his occupation as a watch designer, which he had begun in 1952, took up most of his time and for many years he devoted the greater part of his energies to the precise and accurate design of timepieces. In 1969, after having designed many of the ?best sellers? of the Swiss watch industry - among them the ?Royal Oak? of Audemars Piguet, the ?Constellation? of Omega, the ?Nautilus? of Patek Philippe, and the ?Seamaster? of Omega - he founded his own brand, under his own name. For these creations, Genta surrounded himself with a team of extraordinary watchmakers, stonesetters, engravers, and engineers, in order to manufacture the most complicated watches in the