Important Collectors Watches, Pocket ...
New York, Jun 18, 2008
LOT 314
Pink Gold Perpetual Calendar - GMT Ulysse Nardin, Locle & Genève, "Perpetual Calendar- GMT", No. 379, Ref. 322-88. Made in the 1990?s. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant to 100 meters, twotime- zone, 18K pink gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar.
USD 10,000 - 15,000
EUR 6,500 - 10,000
Sold: USD 15,600
C. Three-body, solid, polished, transparent case back with 6 screws, fluted curved lugs, olive-shaped pushbuttons at 4 and 8 to independently adjust the hour hand for different time-zones, sapphire crystal. D. Satiné silver with applied faceted pink gold baton indexes and luminous dots, apertures for the date, the days, the months and leap year, sunk guilloche subsidiary seconds dial at 9, outer 24-hour graduation for the 2nd time-zone. Tritium-coated blued steel lozenge hands, arrow hand for the 24-hours. M. Cal. UN 32, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 34 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 12 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 1-01 |
As new HANDS Original |
Notes
What is a Perpetual Calendar? Aperpetual calendar is a calendar mechanism which, unlike a simple calendar, automatically adjusts to the correct day of the month by accounting for the varying durations of each month, as well as selfcorrecting for the 29th of February during leap years. Audemars Piguet are said to have been the first to produce wristwatches with perpetual calendar and moon phases, in 1924. In 1925, Patek Philippe modified a lady?s pendant watch with perpetual calendar to produce the world?s first instantaneous changing perpetual calendar wristwatch with leap year indication