Exceptional Horological Sale Celebrat...

Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

LOT 297

Gérald Genta, Geneve, No. 1, case No. 64780, Ref. G. 4103 K. Manufactured in the 1990s. Exceptionally fine and extremely rare, octagonal, water-resistant, self-winding, plat-inum and white and yellow diamond gentleman?s wristwatch with two crowns and a leather strap deco-rated with eight bars, two forming the lugs set with white and yellow calibrated baguette diamonds, two for the platinum Genta clasp with cognac baguette diamonds on the strap, two bars with white diamonds and two with cognac diamonds.

C. two-body, solid, polished and brushed, transparent screwed-down case back, back bezel and band engraved with signature and numbers, octagonal bezel entirely set with light yellow calibrated baguette diamonds, crown at 3, repeat pusher at 9, sapphire crystal with tritium-coated dot indexes. D. entirely pavé-set with one outer row of alternating yellow and white baguette diamonds, concentric, one row of yellow baguette diamonds, at the center, eight convergent triangular white diamonds forming an octagon. Tritium-coated white gold ?Bâton? hands. M. Cal. 348, rhodium-plated, engraved, 32 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic bal-ance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, engraved rotor with logo. Case and movement signed. Dim. 33 x 42 mm.