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Geneva, Oct 14, 2007

LOT 278

Pink Gold ?GMT Perpetual? Ulysse Nardin, Le Locle, Suisse, ?Chronometer?, No. 145, Ref. 322-88. Made in a limited series of 500 examples from 2000. Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar with year indication, two time zones, 24-hour indication and an 18K pink gold Ulysse Nardin deployant clasp. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel, stepped and straight lugs, transparent case back secured by 6 screws, the push buttons at 4 and 8 for quick adjustment of the hour hand, domed sapphire crystal. D. Guilloché gold with applied pink gold faceted baton indexes and luminous dots, painted Arabic numerals for the 24 hours on an inclined outer plain reserve, outer minute divisions, subsidiary guilloché seconds dial, apertures for the date, days of the week, the months and the years. Luminous blued steel "feuille" hands, white hand with luminous triangle for the 24 hours. M. Cal. UN 32, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 34 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Patent No. 680 630-2 on the rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Property of an Swiss collector