Sold for:
16,100 CHF
16,100 CHF
Ulysse Nardin, Locle, No. 7926, December 1893. Retailed by Th. Dartigues, agent in Buenos-Aires. Very fine and unusual silver, moon phase astronomical, keyless watch with perpetual calendar. Four body, massive, "bassine", polished. Hinged silver cuvette with engine-turned border. White enamel with Roman numerals, outer minute ring, sunk subsidiary dials for the days of the week, the months with inner leap-year cycle, dates and subsidiary seconds with inner moon phase aperture, its age on the border. Blued steel "spade" hands. Notes A perpetual calendar watch with a silver case is fairly rare, such an expensive watch would usually be cased in gold.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1996-10-12
