8 Dec 2011
13:00 EST
New York
Fine Watches, Wristwatches, and Clocks including Property from a Distinguished Collection
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Fine Watches, Wristwatches, and Clocks including Property from a Distinguished Collection
Back to auction 19422
Ulysse Nardin. A fine silver open face deck watch with indirect center seconds
Movement no. 124145. case no. 620773, circa 1943
Highly finished gilt lever movement jeweled through the center, anchor with ruby pallets, Guillaume balance with overcoiled blued spring, precision regulator with slotted cam and spring, pin set, white enamel dial with fifth seconds ring enclosing roman chapters, blued hands, within a screw back silver case, case, dial and movement signed, accompanied by a fitted box. 56mm
Highly finished gilt lever movement jeweled through the center, anchor with ruby pallets, Guillaume balance with overcoiled blued spring, precision regulator with slotted cam and spring, pin set, white enamel dial with fifth seconds ring enclosing roman chapters, blued hands, within a screw back silver case, case, dial and movement signed, accompanied by a fitted box. 56mm
Estimate:
US$ 3,500 - 5,500
£2,300 - 3,600
€2,700 - 4,300
£2,300 - 3,600
€2,700 - 4,300
Footnotes
- Ulysse Nardin designed a series of deck watches beginning around 1900. The current watch is based on one developed c. 1940 and used by the British Admiralty. Introduced in 1943, present movement was a version improved by the addition of indirect seconds, ruby pallets and Guillaume balance. The newly designed precision regulator replaced the conventional swan's neck of the previous model. 1212 pieces were made.
For a history of these watches see Norbert Eder, Beobachtungsuhren. Callwey (1987) pp 98 -117.
Category: Clocks and Watches / Watches
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