Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 25, 2012

LOT 143

ULYSSE NARDIN REF. 263-22 MARINE CHRONOMETER, STEEL Ulysse Nardin, Le Locle, Suisse, 1846 Marine Chronometer, Officially Certified Chronometer, No. 5472, Ref. 263-22. Made circa 2004. Fine, self-winding, water resistant to 200 m, stainless steel chronometer wristwatch with date and a stainless steel Ulysse Nardin link bracelet with double deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, reeded bezel-edge, concave lugs, case back with 6 screws, engraved with a listing of 18 UN awards, sapphire crystal. D. White with painted Arabic numerals and luminous dots, large subsidiary seconds dial, 1846 in red, cyclops aperture for the date at 6, up-and-down indication at 12. Blued steel luminous spade hands. M. Cal. UN 26, rhodium-plated, 28 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating fl at balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 11 mm. Approx. overall length 185 mm.