Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Dec 07, 2006

LOT 42

"1846 Marine Chronometer" Ulysse Nardin, Le Locle, Suisse, "1846 Marine Chronometer", Officially Certified Chronometer, Ref. 263-22. Made circa 2004. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's chronometer wristwatch with date and a stainless steel Ulysse Nardin link bracelet with double deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, ribbed bezel-edge, concave lugs, case back with 6 screws, engraved with a list of UN awards, sapphire crystal. D. Offwhite with large black Arabic numerals and luminous dots, large subsidiary seconds dial, "1846" in red, Cyclops aperture for the date at 6, up-and-down indication at 12. Blued steel luminous "spade" hands. M. Cal. UN 26, rhodiumplated, 28 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness: 11 mm.