4,080 CHF
Blue Wave Ulysse Nardin, Le Locle, Suisse, "Marine, 1846, Officially Certified Chronometer”, movement No. 32453, No. 1553, Ref. 263-68. Made in a limited edition of 1846 examples in stainless steel and in 350 examples in pink gold, sold on June 19th, 2006. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel chronometer diver’s wristwatch with date, power reserve, titanium bracelet section and a titanium Ulysse Nardin double deployant clasp. Accompanied by the certificate and booklet. Three-body, solid, polished, transparent case back with 6 screws, reeded bezel, protected screwed-down winding crown, curved lugs with screw-bars, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. Blue with wave decoration, applied luminous blued steel baton and triangular indexes, oversized subsidiary seconds dial, central red date "1846", graduation for the up and down indication at 12, outer minute division with 5 minute Arabic numerals, aperture for the date at 6. Luminous blued steel skeleton hands. Cal. UN 26, bluefinished, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 28 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 11 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-05-11
