Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 10, 2013

LOT 537

ULYSSE NARDIN QUADRATO DUAL TIME, STEEL Ulysse Nardin, "Quadrato Dual Time," No. 616, Ref. 243-92. Made circa 2009. Fine, square, curved, self-winding, water-resistant, two time zone, stainless steel wristwatch with large date, 24 hour indication, independently adjustable hour hand and a stainless steel Ulysse Nardin double deployant clasp. Accompanied by fitted box, instruction booklet and undated warranty card.

Two-body, polished and brushed, case back with 4 screws, curved fluted lugs, blue enamel screwed-down winding crown with UN logo, push button at 4 to adjust the hour hand backward and at 8 forward, sapphire crystal. Three-tone blue, silver and black with applied luminous steel baton indexes and Arabic numerals, minute division on a plain reserve, double aperture for the big date at 2, steel ring aperture with cyclops lens for the 24-hours at 9, independent adjustable hour hand for the second time zone. Luminous steel skeletonized alpha hands. Cal. UN 24, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, straight-line lever escapement, 34 jewels, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, blued rotor, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed.