Important Watches, Collector's Wristw...

Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Oct 13, 2001

LOT 32

Marc Nicolet, "Alertic". Produced in the 1950's.Interesting center-seconds stainless steel mid-sized wristwatch with power reserve alarm indication.

C. three-body, polished, metal cap for alarm, case back pierced for sound, crown on the 3 for time-setting, on the 4 for alarm: when pulled, it sets the alarm, lapidated lugs. D. matte silver with applied yellow gold indexes and Arabic numerals on a "guilloché" ring, outer graduations for the minutes and the seconds in black and blue indexes, aperture for the alarm-setting: red off, green on. "Dauphine" radium-coated gold hands, "Serpentine" white hand for the alarm. M. Cal. 13 ''' rhodium-plate, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Signed on the dial.Diam. 34 mm.