27,600 HKD
Ulysse Nardin, Locle & Geneva, Suisse, No. 20837, case No. 369337, circa 1915. Very fine silver and gold keyless lever chronometer with special balance, winner of the “Bulletin 1ère Classe de Observatoire Astronomique de Neuchatel”. Accompanied by fitted box and certificate. Four-body, “bassine”, polished, the back engraved with coat of arms, gold hinges, lips and bow, silver, hinged cuvette. White enamel, Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel “spade” hands. 42 mm (19’’’), rhodium-plated, “fausses-côtes” decoration, 20 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement, anibal-brass Guillaume compensation balance with special alloy Breguet balance spring, “swan-neck” micrometric regulator.Signed on dial, case and movement.Diam. 52 mm. Notes These watches were adjusted by the best Swiss adjusters and cost several times more than a regular watch.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-06-06
