Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 23, 2012

LOT 102

ULYSSE NARDIN, REF. 573-22, ?SPLIT - CHRONO BERLIN 1907? Ulysse Nardin, 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, hang tag and instruction booklet.

C. Three-body, polished, embossed case back secured by 5 screws and inscribed "Berlin 1907", rounded bezel, protected and screwed-down crown, fl uted 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 fl at balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13.5 mm.