Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 27, 2011

LOT 140

Ulysse Nardin Steel Split Chrono Berlin 1907 Ulysse Nardin, "Split - Chrono Berlin 1907," No. 499, Ref. No. 573-22. Sold on January 28th, 1995. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button split-seconds chronograph, registers, tachometer and stainless steel Ulysse Nardin buckle. Accompanied by fitted box, certificate and hang tag.

C. Three-body, polished, embossed case back secured by 5 screws and inscribed "Berlin 1907", rounded bezel, protected and screwed-down crown, fluted lugs, sapphire crystal. D. Two-tone guilloche silver with applied steel baton indexes, off-center dial for the hours and minutes at 3, subsidiary mother-of-pearl dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer 1/5th seconds/minute divisions,outermost tachometer scale. Blued steel baton hands. M. Cal. 13''', rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 27 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13.5 mm.