Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Sep 17, 2009

LOT 46

Steel Solo Bi-Retro Gérald Genta, "Solo Bi-Retro," case No. 115575, Ref. BSO.L.10. Made in 2003, sold April 17, 2004. Fine, tonneau-shaped and curved, jump hour, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with retrograde minutes and retrograde date and a stainless steel Gérald Genta buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, Certificate of Origin, guarantee and instruction manual. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, concave sides, rounded bezel, case back with 4 screws, winding crown edged with dots, sapphire crystal, corrector on the band. D. Two tone silver with large Arabic numerals for the retrograde minutes sector, at 12, aperture for the jump-hour, at 6 sector for the retrograde date. Steel alpha hand. M. Cal. GA3, rhodium plated, 21 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 34 x 39 mm. Thickness 11 mm. Property of an East Coast collector