Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 09, 2009

LOT 187

Gérald Genta Arena BiRetro Gérald Genta, ?Arena BiRetro,? case No. 116541, Ref. BSP.Y.10. Made circa 2005. Fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, jump hour stainless steel wristwatch with retrograde minutes, retrograde date and a stainless steel Gérald Genta double deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box, certificate and instruction manual. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, rounded bezel, straight lugs with screwed bars, fluted band, case back with 6 screws, protected ball-shaped winding crown edged with dots, sapphire crystal, corrector on the band. D. Bi-color, blue and orange with large white Arabic numerals for the retrograde minutes sector, aperture for the jump-hour at 12, sector for the retrograde date at 6, outer 1/5th seconds track quarter Arabic markers. Steel skeleton hand. M. Cal. GG7723, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 27 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 45 mm. Thickness 12 mm.