Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Dec 02, 2003

LOT 237

Ulysse Nardin, Locle, Suisse,No. 34125, case No. 15269, circa 1905.Very fine, keyless, 18K gold split-secondschronograph watch with instantaneous 60-minute register. Accompa -nied by an original mahogany fitted box.

C. four-body, "bassine", polished, gold hinged cuvette. D. white enamel,Breguet numerals, outer minute divisions, outermost chronograph trackdivided into fifths, five-minute/seconds Arabic markers, sunk minute registerat 12, subsidiary sunk seconds. Gold "Spade" hands. M. 42 mm. (18 1/2'''),rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 22 jewels, straight line leverescapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring,LeCoultre's patented instantaneous chronograph mechanism (Swiss patentNo. 34029 of July 8, 1905). Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 53 mm.237