$10,350
"Success Automatic" Gérald Genta, Genève, "Success Automatic", Ref. 3374.7. Made in the 1990s. Fine, octagonal, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, and a platinum Gérald Genta bracelet "à grosses mailles" with concealed clasp. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped bezel with eight overhanging segments, case back and bezel with screws. Carbon fiber with tritium-coated round indexes, subsidiary mother-of pearl chapters for the days, the date and the months, aperture for the gold moonphases on a lapis-lazuli background and for the leap year. Tritium-coated steel “bâton” hands. 12’’’ rhodium plated, “fausses-côtes” decoration, 33 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 35 mm. Thickness 9 mm. Approx.overall length 190 mm. Notes For a biography, see lot 29.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-12-07
