Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Sep 15, 2010

LOT 153

ULYSSE NARDIN MICHELANGELO Ulysse Nardin, Locle, Suisse, Ref. 161-42, No.5739. Michelangelo Triple Calendar. Made in the 1980s Fine, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant, rectangular, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with, triple date calendar, age and phases of the moon, 18K gold push-pin screwed into the strap and 18K gold Ulysse Nardin folding buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, wallet, blank certificate and instructions. To be sold without reserve

C. Two-body polished, stepped bezel, glazed reverse secured by 4 screws, calendar adjusters to the band, movable lugs, sapphire crystals. D. White with applied gold indexes, mother-of-pearl subsidiary dials for the days of the month, of the week and the months, graduation for the age of the moon, aperture for the phases of the moon. Black finished gold feuille hands. M. Cal. 319, gilt brass, fausses-cotes decoration, 19 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, self-compensating flat balance spring, shock protection. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. Case only 29 x 33.5 mm. Thickness 9 mm.