Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 08, 2010

LOT 147

Frederique Constant - Pink Gold Heart Beat Frederique Constant, Genève, ?Heart Beat,? No. 065/188, Ref. FC-930X4H9. Made in a limited edition of 188 pieces in circa 2004. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch, partially skeletonized to view the escapement, with an 18K pink gold Frederique Constant buckle. Accompanied by a fitted Frederique Constant box. To be sold without reserve

c. Three-body, rounded bezel, straight lugs, transparent back with eight screws, sapphire crystals. d. Two-tone textured silver with applied pink gold Arabic numerals and faceted indexes, concentric Frederique Constant decoration, outer minute division with 5-minute Arabic markers, aperture to view the escapement on a fausses cotes-decorated reserve. Pink gold spade hands. m. FC 930, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 27 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronisms and to five positions, self-compensating flat balance spring, shock absorber. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 41 mm. Thickness 10 mm.