Thematic Auction in Geneva:The Evolut...

Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Nov 16, 2002

LOT 139

Unique and Most ComplicatedWristwatch in the WorldGérald Genta, Geneva, "Grande Sonnerie", No. 66749, Ref. G0025.7, No. 1. Made in 1994, part of a series of only eight examples, in yellow gold, pink gold, white gold and platinum (this lot).Exceptionally fine and equally important, self-winding double-train, water-resistant gentleman's platinum wristwatch with Westminster chime, Grande et Petite Sonnerie and silent display, four gongs and four hammers, minute-repeating, perpetual calendar, leap year indication, a second 24-hour time zone, 48-hour power reserve indicator for the going and striking trains, with one-minute tourbillon regulator in fully engraved movement, and a polished articulated platinum Gérald Genta bracelet.

C. two-body, truncated cone-shaped, stepped, octagonal, glazed back with sapphire crystal secured by bolts, "Vendôme" lugs with platinum screwed bars, Genta winding-crown at 3, Grande et Petite Sonnerie at 7, repeater at 9, silent/striking at 11, pushbuttons on the band for adjusting the retrograde calendar and 24-hour indications. D. mother-of-pearl, with four subsidiary dials, tritium dot indexes, four auxiliary sectors in Arabic writing for silence-chime at 10, going-train up-and-down indicaton at 2, 48-hour power-reserve indication at 4, Grande et Petite Sonnerie indicator at 8, second 24-hour time zone under the 12. White gold tritium-coated "bâton" hands, red hand for the seconds. M. Cal. 31.5 mm. (14'''), engraved with grape motifs and rhodiumed, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, 57 jewels, three-arm polished steel tourbillon carriage, lateral lever escapement, monometallic balance with screws, self-compensating flat balance spring, two-directional rotor, winding-going tain in one direction and striking-train in the other, tandem winding.Signed on dial, case and movement.Diam. 39 mm., thickness 15 mm.Approximate length: 19.5 cm.