Exceptional horologic works of art

Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Oct 11, 2003

LOT 419

Ulysse Nardin, Locle, Suisse, No. 200807, case No. 345157 second half of 1915. Very fine and rare 18K gold keyless watch with split-second chronograph, pulsometer and 30-minute recorder and visible works.

C. four-body, "demi-bassine", polished, back monogrammed, hinged gold cuvette. D. white enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer pulsometer scale, minute and seconds divisions with five-minute/seconds Arabicmarkers, sunk subsidiary seconds and minute recorder. M. 41 mm (18.5''', rhodium-plated, 33 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws, blued-steel Breguet balance spring, split-seconds mechanism on the back plate.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 51 mm.