37,500 HKD
GERALD GENTA REF. 3805 WHITE GOLD BACKTIMER COUNTDOWN WATCH Gérald Genta, Genève, Backtimer, No. 29, case No. 86808, Ref. 3805, made in 1998. Fine and very unusual, center-seconds, self-winding, waterresistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with countdown display, date, and an 18K white gold Gérald Genta buckle. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, case-back secured with 6 screws, ribbed band, straight lugs, units countdown corrector on the 2, tens on the 11 and hundreds on the 10, 3-positions winding-crown. Matte silver with applied white gold baton indexes and large Arabic numerals, apertures for the countdown display and for the date, at the center, a round sector engraved with many times the number "2000". Luminous blued steel épée hands. Cal G.A2, based LeCoultre 889/1, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 33 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, fl at balance-spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 10.5 mm. Notes This model was launched as a limited edition of 456 examples with a feature able to count-down the days until the new millenium. The unusual complication can be programmed to count-down days to any special event upto 999 days in advance.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2012-02-26
