Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong, Jun 27, 2009

LOT 48

Gérald Genta, Genève, No. 925, case No. 47329, Ref. G3103.4. Made in the 1990s. Very fine, skeletonized, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold and onyx wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases and an integral 18K yellow and white gold Gérald Genta link bracelet with concealed deployant clasp. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, solid, polished, band decorated with two rows of raised gold dots, transparent case back, black onyx bezel, sapphire crystals. D. Transparent with luminous dot indexes, subsidiary dials for the date, day of the week, the months with leap-year indication, aperture for the moon phases at 12. Luminous white gold bâton hands. M. Cal. 1019, skeletonized and hand-engraved, rhodium-plated, 28 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, selfcompensating flat balance-spring, off-center rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 8.5 mm. Approx. overall length: 175 mm.