Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 10, 2015

LOT 357

ULYSSE NARDIN "RATTRAPANTE" YELLOW GOLD Ulysse Nardin, Locle & Genève, No. 0479, Ref. 511-52. Made in the 1970s. Fine and rare, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button split-second chronograph, registers, moon phases, date and an 18K yellow gold Ulysse Nardin buckle.

CHF 8,000 - 12,000

HKD 65,000 - 97,000 / USD 8,300 - 12,500

Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped inclined bezel, snap-on back. Matte champagne with applied yellow gold and black bâton indexes, subsidiary guilloché dials for the seconds, the day of the month, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for the moon phases. Yellow gold bâton hands. Cal. 14''', rhodium-plated, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 2-8

Very good

Slightly scratched

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-6-01

Good

Slightly oxidized

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial and case signed. DIAM. 36 mm. THICKNESS 13.5 mm. An identical watch with the preceding number 0478 was sold by Antiquorum, New York, June 14, 2006, Lot 27.