Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 08, 2015

LOT 298

PARMIGIANI - EXCEPTIONAL PIECE UNIQUE "NUBIA" EIGHT-DAY GOING WATCH Parmigiani, Fleurier, "Nubia - Pièce Unique", movement No. 17005, No. 2130, Ref. U1941. Made in the 2000s. Extremely fine and unique, Egyptian inspired, large and heavy hand- engraved 18K pink gold, hunting cased, 8-day going, keyless pocket watch with onyx dial and power reserve indication. Accompanied by a guarantee, hang tag and description booklet.

Three-body, the front cover hand-engraved with a scene of an Egyptian lady resting on a bed watched by her Nubian servant, a leopard in the foreground, stepped milled-edge border, polished band, the back cover hand-engraved with a view to the terrace and river, the prow of a boat visible and the Nubian servant reflected in the mirror, push-piece in the crown set with a cabochon sapphire, mineral crystal. Glazed gold-rimmed cover over the movement. Black onyx with engraved pink gold outer ring, applied pink gold 12 numeral in Egyptian hieroglyphs, subsidiary seconds at 9 with applied pink gold dot indexes, applied pink gold power-reserve sector at 3, oval signature plaque at 6. Pink gold javelin hands. Cal. 24''', two-tone rhodium and pink gold plated, hand-engraved "papyrus" decoration, two going barrels, 29 jewels, hand-chamfered bridges and plates, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, shock absorber, micrometer regulator.