Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Nov 12, 2006

LOT 112

Pink Gold "Calendograph" Movado, Fab. Suisse, No. 499008, Ref. 4819. Made in the 1940s. Very fine, 18K pink gold, water-resistant, gentleman's center seconds wristwatch with triple-date.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, lapidated lugs, calendar setting pushers on the band, screwed-down case back. Dust cap over the movement. D. Two-tone silver with applied pink gold Breguet numerals and dot indexes, outer graduation for the date, apertures for the days of the week and the months, outer minutes and fifths of a second divisiaons. Bronzed "feuille" hands. M. Cal. 10''', rhodium-plated, 15 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case, and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 10 mm.