Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 05, 2007

LOT 42

Urwerk, Genève, Ref. 102, ?Nightwatch?, No. 12. Made in the late 1990s. Fine, unusual, and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with leather strap and matching Urwerk buckle. Accompanied by the original wooden box.

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, 8 straight lugs, case back with 6 screws, screwed-down winding crown, sapphire crystal. D. Eloxated aluminum with an archshaped aperture spanning from 9 to 3, five diamond indexes on the underside of the arch separate the hour into four 15-minute quadrants, a painted Arabic numeral traverses the arch and time is indicated by its location in relation to the indexes. M. Cal. 2892 A2, 21 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, flat balance spring, modified with Urwerk's Maltese cross system in beryllium bronze. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38mm. Thickness 12 mm. Property of Various Owners