Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Feb 26, 2012

LOT 44

IKEPOD ISOPODE CHRONOMETER CHRONOGRAPH PINK GOLD AND DIAMOND Ikepod Watch Co., Mark Newson Design, Isopode Chronometer, No. 23/99. Made in a limited edition of 99 examples in the 2000's. Fine and unusual, flying saucer-shaped, self-winding, water resistant, 18K pink gold and diamond wristwatch with roundbutton chronograph, registers, date and an Ikepod black rubber strap with snap-fastening system. Accompanied by a fitted box, Guarantee and Bracelet.

C. Two-body, fl ying saucer-shaped, brushed, the bezel set with diamonds, the back with offset glazed porthole to view the balance, chronograph buttons with orange lacquer inserts, domed sapphire crystal. D. Engine turned gold with outer fi fths of a second divisions, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 30-minute and 12-hour registers, date aperture between 4 and 5. Sand-blasted luminous gold hands. M. Cal. ETA2892 with Dubois Depraz chronograph module, 37 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating fl at balancespring, micrometer regulator, hack mechanism. Dial and case signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 15 mm.