Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po...

New York, Mar 15, 2006

LOT 203

Ulysse Nardin, Le Locle, Suisse, "1846 -Marine Diver Chronometer", Officially Certified, No. 1- 100, Ref. 263-35. Made as a prototype for East Coast Jewelery, Florida, circa 2005. Fine and rare, self-winding, waterresistant, stainless steel diver?s wristwatch with date, yellow rubber strap with titanium sections and a titanium Ulysse Nardin deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, polished, transparent case back with 6 screws and etched with East Coast Jewelers logo, graduated unidirectional revolving steel bezel for the decompression times, protected and screwed-down winding-crown, sapphire crystals. D. Yellow with applied large luminous indexes, large black subsidiary seconds dial, in the center the date "1846" in red numerals, black graduation for the up-and-down indication at 12, "cyclops" aperture for the date at 6. Blued steel luminous "épée" hands. M. Cal. UN 26, rhodium-plated, 28 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 43 mm. Thickness 14 mm.