24,000 CHF
Platinum Perpetual Calendar GMT Ulysse Nardin, Locle & Genève, "Perpetual Calendar- GMT Chronometer", No. 252/500, Ref. 329-60. Made in a limited edition of 500 pieces in 2000. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, two-time-zone, platinum chronometer wristwatch with perpetual calendar, 24-hour day and night indication and a steel Ulysse Nardin deployant clasp. Three-body, solid, polished, transparent case back with 8 screws, fluted curved lugs, olive-shaped push buttons at 4 and 8 to independently adjust the hour hand forwards or backwards for different time-zones. Two-tone, satiné silver and white with applied white gold large Arabic quarter-hour numerals, baton indexes and luminous dots, apertures for the date, the days of the week, the months and leap year, sunk guilloche subsidiary seconds dial at 9, outer 24-hour graduation for the second-time-zone and day and night indication. Luminous blued steel skeleton lozenge hands, arrow hand for the 24-hours. Cal. UN 32, rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 34 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Notes This limited edition from the year 2000 was made in 500 red gold examples and 500 platinum ones. These limited edition watches have a larger case than the ordinary production (42 mm. as compared to 40 mm.) and are certified chronometers.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-05-11
