Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 13, 2012

LOT 226

UNIVERSAL GENEVE SAUDI ARABIA CLOISONNÉ DIAL PINK GOLD Universal Genève, Saudi Arabia 1953 Commemoration, case No. 1666798, Ref. 100105. Made in 1950 in limited numbers. Fine and rare, center seconds, self-winding, 18K pink gold and cloisonné enamel wristwatch with date, to commemorate the founding of Saudi Arabia by King Abdul al-Aziz III Ibn Saud (1880-1953).

C. By A. Gerlach, three-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave lugs, screw-down case back. D. Two-piece, bombe, polychrome cloisonné enamel on gold, with counter enamel, No. 3661 SJ (for arms of Saudi Arabia) representing the Arabian Peninsula, the palm tree and crossed swords and a mosque representing Mecca, surrounded by a yellow gold plain reserve with handengraved dedication in Arabic characters Abdul al-Aziz Ibn Saud at 12 and Saudi Peninsula at 6, Islamic numerals 1 to 11, aperture for the date. Pink gold dauphine hands. M. Cal. 138 C, rhodium plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating fl at balance spring, index regulator, buffered rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Dial marked by the dial maker on the back under the counter enamel. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 11 mm.