Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

LOT 154

Gerald Genta for Fred, ?Perpetual Calendar, Automatic?, case No. G1839.7, Ref. 15934. Made in the 1980s. Fine, self-winding, 18K yellow gold, tortueshell lacquered, turquoise wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold Gerald Genta ?a petites mailles? integrated bracelet. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, solid, polished, rounded bezel, T-bar lugs, snap-on case back, black cabochon sapphire-set winding crown, sapphire crystal. D. Tortue-shell lacquered with applied yellow gold and turquoise dot indexes, subsidiary dials with a yellow gold plain ring for he days of the month, of the week, and the months, aperture for the moon phases in a turquoise sector. Yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 1579, rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 35 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted in four positions, self-compensating flat balance spring, shock absorber. Dial signed Fred, case and movement signed Gerald Genta. Dim. 35 x 35 mm. Thickness 8 mm. Approx. overall length 190 mm.