Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, May 08, 2010

LOT 91

Gérald Genta White Gold Minute-Repeating Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar Squelette No. 2? Gérald Genta, Genève, No. 2, case No. 47085, Ref. G 4010.4. Made in the 1990s. Extremely fine and important, highly complicated, skeletonized, self-winding, water-resistant, minute-repeating, 18K white gold wristwatch with one-minute tourbillon, perpetual calendar, moon phases and a Gérald Genta 18K white gold deployant clasp. Accompanied by a Gérald Genta box.

C. Two-body, octagonal, solid, polished, stepped bezel, hexagonal winding-crown, pushers and minute repeating button on the band, transparent case back with 6 screws and two bolts, hooded vendome lugs with gold screwed bars, sapphire crystals. D. Skeletonized with luminous round indexes, subsidiary matte silver ring dials for the date with seconds, the days of the week, the months with leap-year indication, mother of pearl aperture for the moon phases. Luminous white gold épée hands. M. Cal.25, 13''', hand-engraved white gold, 44 jewels, lateral lever escapement, monometallic balance, one-minute tourbillon carriage with polished steel bridge, self-compensating flat balance spring, engraved and skeletonized gold rotor bearing the initials "GG", repeating on gongs activated by depressing the button on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Approx. overall length: 160 mm.