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Geneva, Mar 29, 2009
LOT 104
Amerigo Vespucci No. 3 Ulysse Nardin, ?San Marco Amerigo Vespucci?, No. 3/5, Ref. 139-20. Made in a limited edition of 5, sold on December 24,1993. Very fine and very rare, self-winding, water-resistant, center seconds, platinum chronometer wristwatch, with polychrome cloisonné enamel dial depicting the famous Italian military naval vessel with a platinum Ulysse Nardin buckle. Accompanied by the original fitted box, COSC certificate and certificate.
CHF 20,000 - 30,000
USD 17,000 - 26,000 / EUR 13,000 - 20,000
C. Two-body, solid, case back with four screws, engraved with the Venice City Seal, fluted lugs, rounded bezel, sapphire-set winding-crown with the initials U.N. sapphire crystal. D. Polychrome cloisonné enamel representing Amerigo Vespucci's vessel, outer gold chapter ring with applied gold baton indexes and Roman quarters. White gold feuille hands. M. Cal. UN 13, gilt brass, 21 jewels, fausses cotes and oeil-de-perdrix decoration, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, selfcompensating flat balance-spring, shock absorber, micrometer regulator, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 9 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 1 |
As new |
Movement: 1* |
As new Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 1-01 |
As new HANDS Original |
Notes
An Italian merchant, explorer and cartographer who made two voyages to explore the east coast of South America between 1499 and 1502. He discovered that South America extended much further south than was previously thought, and deduced that it was part of a continent. Vespucci became widely known in Europe when two accounts attributed to him were published between 1502 and 1504. In 1507, Martin Waldseemüller produced a map in which he named the new continent "America", after Vespucci's first name, Amerigo.