Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Dec 07, 2006

LOT 44

"Rétro Classic," Gérald Genta, Genève, Ref. G 3614.7. Made in the late 1990s. Fine, jump-hour, self-winding, waterresistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with retrograde minutes, 40-hours autonomy and a stainless steel Gérald Genta buckle.

C. Three-body, polished, case back with 6 screws, reeded band, rounded bezel, straight lugs, screwed bars, domed sapphire crystal. D. Mother-of-pearl with printed Arabic numerals for the retrograde minutes, aperture for the jumphour at 6. Blued steel "épée" hands. M. Cal. 4503, rhodium-plated, 27 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 10 mm.