Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 10, 2010

LOT 442

PIERRE KUNZ, SPIRIT OF CHALLENGE No. 01 Pierre Kunz, Geneve, No. 01. Ref. PKA 402 SDRL. Made circa 2001. Very fine and unusual, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K brushed white gold wristwatch with retrograde 30 seconds and date, chronograph with 30-minute register and moon phases, with an 18K brushed white gold Pierre Kunz buckle. Accompanied by the blank Certificate of Origin, instructions and green Pierre Kunz presentation case.

C. Three-body, solid, brushed, inclined bezel, transparent case back with 6 screws, ribbed band with inset calendar adjusters, lapidated lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Bicolor satiné silver and black, outer reserve with Roman numerals, aperture for the moon phases between opposing fan-form retrograde seconds and date indicator, subsidiary 30-minute register at 12. Steel épée hands. M. Cal. PK 2010-002, (2892A2 ETA base) rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 21 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 41 mm. Thickness 14 mm. From The Arman Collection