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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 15, 2000

LOT 174

Ulysse Nardin, Locle and Genève, No. 25022, case No. 377956, circa 1920.Very fine 18K gold keyless lever chronometer.

CHF 3,500 - 4,000

USD 2,000 - 2,300

Sold: CHF 4,255

C. Four-body, 'demi-bassine', polished, gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, Arabic numerals, blue outer Arabic minutes, subsidiary sunk seconds, blued-steel 'spade' hands. M. 18???, rhodiumed, 'fausses côtes' decoration, straight-line lever escapement, Guillaume anibal-brass bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring with Phillips inner and outer terminal curves, jeweled to the center with endstones on the entire escapement, 'swan-neck' micrometric regulator.Signed on dial, case, and movement.Diam. 51.6 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3 - 5*
Dial: 3 - 01

Notes

For the technical note on Anibal brass balance, see lot 173.