Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 10, 2010

LOT 203

HD3 IDALGO Titanium & White Gold HD3, Idalgo XT1 Complication, Design by Jorg Hysek, Swiss, No. 9/33. Made in a limited edition of 33 pieces in 2007. Very fine and rare, rectangular curved, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, titanium and 18K white gold wristwatch with date, jump-hour, retrograde minutes and a stainless steel deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original HD3 wooden fitted box and a certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, oeil-de-perdrix decorated titanium back section with 4 nuts, transparent case back with 8 screws, hooded lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Bicolor silver and black, oeil-de-perdrix decorated, with Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions, minute/seconds track with 5-minute/seconds Arabic markers, apertures for the jump hour at 3 and the date at 9. M. Cal. XT 1, rhodium-plated, 32 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 40 x 53 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Property of a Mid-West Collector