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New York, Grand Havana Room, Mar 19, 2003

LOT 40

Ulysse Nardin, Locle, Suisse, "San Marco GMT +/", No. 40/50, Ref. 209-20. Produced in a limited edition of 50 examples circa 1995.Very fine and rare, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant to 100 meters, two timezone and 24 hour indication, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with date, 48 hours autonomy and a platinum Ulysse Nardin buckle.

C .three-body, solid, polished, case back with 6 screws and embossed with the Lion of San Marco, fluted curved lugs, protected screwed down crown with blue enamel logo, rectangular push-button at 2 to move the hour hand backwards, at 8 to move it forwards. D. guilloché silver with applied white gold indexes and Roman numerals, apertures for the date at 3, for the second time zone at 11 with black Arabic numerals on a white background for diurnal hours and white numerals on a black background fothe nocturnal hours."Lozenge" tritium-coated steel hands. M. Cal. 20, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 21 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, special patented mechanism to adjust the hour hand back and forth.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm.