Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, May 08, 2010

LOT 18

Gérald Genta Arena BiRetro Gérald Genta, ?Arena BiRetro?, case No. 116324, 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 Gérald Genta black rubber strap with stainless steel double deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, black 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, black carbon fiber and gray with large white Arabic numerals for the retrograde minutes sector, aperture for the jump-hour at 12 with orange numerals, sector for the retrograde date at 6, outer 1/5th seconds track with quarter Arabic numerals, carbon-fiber center. White skeleton hands. 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. 47 mm. Thickness 12 mm.