$50,400
White Gold Minute-Repeating Perpetual Calendar No. 1 Gérald Genta, Genève, Minute-Repeating Perpetual Calendar, No. 1, No. 13000, case No. 66653, Ref G 4011.4. Made in the 1990s. Very fine, unusual and rare, minute-repeating, self-winding, 18K white gold and diamond wristwatch with mother-of-pearl dial, perpetual calendar, moon phases, leap year indicator and an integral 18K white gold Gerald Genta tubular link bracelet with concealed clasp. Two-body, solid, brushed, transparent case back with 8 screws, stepped bezel set with 24 baguette diamonds, Vendome type lugs, sapphire crystals. Mother-of-pearl with luminous round white gold indexes, subsidiary ring dials for the days of the month, the week, the months, leap year and pave diamond-set with aperture for the moon phases at 12. Luminous white gold baton hands. Cal. 416, hand engraved, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, 40 jewels, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring, skeletonized rotor. Repeating on gongs by activating pusher on the band at 9. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 11 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-12-09
