Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 22, 2013

LOT 386

JOZEF OP DE BEECK RETROGRADE YELLOW GOLD Jozef Op de Beeck, Belgium, ?Retrograde,? No. 33. Made in the 1990s. Fine, rare and unusual, 18K yellow gold Art Nouveau style wristwatch with retrograde time indication. Accompanied by the original fitted wooden box.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, front decorated with reclining female figures, transparent case back with 8 screws, central cylindrical lugs, sapphire crystals
D. Matte silver, horizontal oval with decorative engraving, retrograde sectors with painted Arabic numerals to indicate hours and minutes. Blued steel Breguet hands.
M. Cal. AS1130N, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 9 mm.