$3,500
ULYSSE NARDIN SIDEREAL TIME CHRONOMETER STEEL Ulysse Nardin, Locle, Suisse, Sidereal Time, Chronometer, No. 128003, circa 1945. Fine stainless steel keyless deck lever chronometer with power reserve indication and dead seconds’ electrical contacts. Accompanied by the original dual case wooden wall mounting box for electrical connection and a Bulletin de Marche dated October 1960. Four-body, massive, bassine et filets, polished, screw-down back with milled border. Silver with Roman numerals, sunk subsidiary seconds and Up-and-Down scale. Blued steel spade hands. 50 mm, frosted and gilt, 23 jewels, straight line lever escapement, brass-invar Guillaume balance, eight adjustments, blued steel balance spring with terminal curve and special micrometric index regulator. Signed on the dial, case and movement and boxes. DIAM. 64 mm. Notes Sidereal deck chronometers were vital for navigation. The present lot includes the double wooden box clearly labelled with the movement number and the original Bulletin de Marche
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2013-04-10
