$50,600
“Tourbillon No. 2” Gérald Genta, Genève, No. 2, case No. 47064, Ref. G 4009.4. Produced in the 1990's. Very fine and rare astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold skeletonized gentleman's wristwatch with one-minute tourbillon regulator, perpetual calendar, moon phases and a Gérald Genta leather strap decorated with 6 octagonal gold bars and deployant clasp. Two-body, octagonal, stepped bezel, octagonal windingcrown, setting pushers on the band, transparent case back secured by screws, hooded lugs with gold screwed bars repeating the bracelet decoration, sapphire crystals. Transparent with tritium-coated dot indexes, subsidiary ring dials for the day of the week, of the month, the months, apertures for the moon phases on a lapis-lazuli background, and the leap years. Tritium-coated yellow gold "épée" hands. Notes For a biography of Gérald Genta, see lot 29.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-12-07
