Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Dec 07, 2006

LOT 66

"Rétro Classic - Tennis" Gérald Genta, Genève, "Rétro Classic - Tennis," Ref. G 3616.7. Made in the 1990s. Fine, jump-hour, self-winding, waterresistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with retrograde minutes and 40-hour autonomy.

C. Three-body, polished, case back with 6 screws, reeded band, rounded bezel, straight lugs, screwed bars, domed sapphire crystal with tennis ball in the center. D. Bicolor mother-of-pearl and dark green with Arabic numerals, at the top, sector for the retrograde minutes, at the bottom, aperture for the jump-hour. Yellow gold red arrow hand. M. Cal. 4503, rhodium-plated, 27 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 11 mm.