Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 10, 2010

LOT 113

Gérald Genta Arena QuattroRetro chronograph Gérald Genta, ?Arena QuattroRetro?, case No. 122327, Ref. ABC.Y.55. Made circa 2007. Fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, chronograph jump hour 18k pink gold and tantalum wristwatch with retrograde minutes, retrograde chronograph counters, date and an 18k pink gold Gérald Genta double deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, tantalum rounded bezel, straight lugs with screwed bars, fluted band, case back with 6 screws, protected ball-shaped winding crown edged with dots, sapphire crystals, corrector on the band. D. Bi-color, perforated grey and pink with large grey Arabic numerals for the retrograde minutes sector, aperture for the jump-hour at 12, retrograde counters for the chronograph 30 minutes and 12 hour indication, sector for the date at 6, outer 1/5th seconds track. Red skeleton hands. M. Cal. GG7800, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 37 jewels, adjusted to heat, cold and 5 positions, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 44 mm. Thickness 15 mm.