$21,850
“The Horse Race” Corum, "Admiral's Cup, Anniversary Edition”, No. 6/10. Made in a limited edition of 10 examples in the 1990s. Very fine, rare and unusual, dodecagonal, animated quarterrepeating, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with concealed automata and an 18K pink gold Corum buckle. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, reeded bezel with gold dots, stepped lugs, stepped case back with 6 screws, sapphire crystal. “Guilloché” white with applied pink gold baton indexes, 3 apertures for the multi-colored revolving horseracing scene and the 2 bells. Pink gold "baton" hands. Cal. 274, rhodium-plated, “fausses côtes” decoration, 35 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, self-compensating flat balance-spring, shock-absorber, repeating on gongs by turning the bezel. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 41 mm. Thickness: 15 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-12-07
