Contemporary, Limited Edition and Col...

New York, Grand Havana Room, May 13, 1999

LOT 84

Ulysse Nardin, Locle & Geneve, Chronometer San Marco Erotica, made in 1996. Important and rare, self-winding, water-resistant down to 30 meters,18K yellow gold hour and half hour striking and repeating gentleman's wristwatch, with erotic automaton scene.

C. three body, massive, polished, back engraved with the Saint Marco Lion and signature with screws, concave bezel, fluted lugs, sapphire-set winding-crown with the initials UN., sapphire crystal, two pushbuttons for silent, strike and repeater. D. at the centre, translucent blue enamel medallion representing the sky, surrounded by three engraved gold automata representing three figures and a snake on a translucent enamel silvered dial, striking harmoniously the hours and the half hours. "Feuille" gold hands. M. 11 1 /2 "' UN-75, rhodium plated, 41 jewels, two gear-trains for movement, striking and repeating work on a single gong, lever escapement, monometallic balance, self.-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Accompanied by a Bulletin de Marche of the Controle Officiel Suisse des Claronometres.