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New York, Jun 18, 2008

LOT 193

No. 1 Gérald Genta, Genève, No. 1, Ref. G.4042.7. Made in 1996. Very fine and rare, minute repeating, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum wristwatch with triple calendar, retrograde sweep date, calendar week indication and a platinum Gerald Genta double deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, transparent case back with 2 screws, concave band, stepped rounded bezel, cabochon platinum winding-crown and repeater pushpiece, straight curly lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Matte silver, "satiné au poinçon", with applied white gold Breguet numerals and luminous dot indexes, concentric, retrograde date on a matte silver plain ring, subsidiary seconds dial, apertures for the days of the week and the months, for the calendar week in Arabic numerals below the 12. White gold epée hands. M. Cal. 424, hand-engraved, rhodium-plated, 21 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, skeletonized and hand-engraved rotor with the initials G.G., repeating on gongs by pressing the crown on the band at 9. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 32 mm. Thickness 11 mm.