Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, May 15, 2016
ULYSSE NARDIN MINUTE-REPEATING & CHRONOGRAPH YELLOW GOLD Ulysse Nardin, Locle, Suisse, No. 6378. Made circa 1920. Very fine and rare, heavy, large, minute-repeating, keyless, 18K yellow gold pocket watch with chronograph
Four-body, "bassine", button for start/stop/return-to-zero of the chronograph at 12. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with roman numerals, inner minute divisions and outer tachometric scale, subsidiary dial for seconds. Blued steel spade hands. Cal. 20''', rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 36 jewels, wolf's tooth winding, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold temperature adjustment screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring with terminal curve, index regulator, visible chronograph mechanism, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band.
Grading System | |
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Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 2-8 |
Very good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |