Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 27, 2015

LOT 211

ULYSSE NARDIN REF. 026-88 FREAK PINK GOLD Ulysse Nardin, Le Locle, The Freak, Ref 026-88. No. 198. Made circa 2010. Very fine and unusual, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with visible 7-Day Carrousel Tourbillon designed by Dr. Ludwig Oechslin, dual Ulysse escapement, seven-day power reserve and a Ulysse Nardin 18K pink gold double deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box, Certificate and instruction booklet.

Three-body, polished, stepped curled lugs, ridged bi-directional rotating bezel to set the time, transparent rotating back for winding, applied brushed numbered plaque on the band, sapphire crystals. Bicolor green and blue with white gold radial Arabic numerals. Brushed and polished white gold hour and minute pointers. Caliber UN 01, 13 3/4''', brushed copper-colored bridges, with blued steel screws, rotating from the center, the lower bridge indicates the hour while the upper bridge, fitted with the linear wheel train and escapement assembly, revolves once every hour indicating the minutes, the center axis pivoted in the sapphire crystal, 32 jewels, dual direct escapement with two crystal silicon impulse wheels, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance spring, shock absorber, mainspring underneath the movement spanning the case diameter.