Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 11, 2012

LOT 3

ULYSSE NARDIN, REF. 571-22, YELLOW GOLD ?SPLIT - CHRONO BERLIN 1907? Ulysse Nardin, No. 055, Ref. No. 571-22. Made circa 1995. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button split-seconds chronograph, registers, tachometer and an 18K yellow gold Ulysse Nardin buckle. Accompanied by the Ulysse Nardin fitted box.

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, button at 8 for the split-seconds function, sapphire crystal. D. Two-tone guilloche silver with applied yellow gold 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.