Contemporary, Limited Edition and Mod...

New York, Park Lane Hotel, Dec 15, 1998

LOT 178

Ulysse Nardin, Locle, Swiss, Chronometre, No. 17858, case No. 386295, circa 1950. Fine and unusual stainless steel "Staybrite", keyless deck watch with split 1/10 seconds chronograph and instantaneous 15 minutes recorder.

C. Three body, massive, "bassine et filets" polished. Hinged stainless steel cuvette. D. Silvered with bold Breguet numerals, outer Arabic minute and 30 seconds chronograph rings, sunk subsidiary seconds and minute register. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 21', rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 26 jewels, straight line lever escapement, brass-invar high frequency Guillaume balance beating 36'000 vibrations per hour, Nivarox Breguet balance spring with special micrometric index. Split seconds chronograph with visible work, button on the winding crown and push piece in the band. Signed on the dial, case and movement. Diam. 64 mm.