$10,384
"Hommage" Jaquet Droz, Genève, "Hommage Genève 1784", "Grande Seconde". Made circa 2005. Very fine and rare, large, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with regulator-style dial, oversized seconds indication and an 18K pink gold Jaquet Droz buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate. Three-body, solid, polished, transparent case back, rounded band and bezel, curved concave lugs, sapphire crystals. White enamel, off-center dial for the hours and minutes with painted radial Roman numerals, below a large subsidiary dial for the seconds with painted Arabic numerals,. Blued steel "alpha" hands. Cal. 2663.A4 (base FP 1153), rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 30 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, twin barrels, 18K white gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 43 mm. Thickness 12 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-09-26
