Important Collectors' Wristwtches, Po...

New York, Sep 26, 2007

LOT 36

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

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