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11. Ulysse Nardin. A fine and rare 18K gold manual wind sing…
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11. Ulysse Nardin. A fine and rare 18K gold manual wind sing…
Estimate €10,000 - €15,000
Voluntary lot
Description
11. Ulysse Nardin. A fine and rare 18K gold manual wind single button chronograph wristwatch
Date: Circa 1920
Movement: Swiss lever, cut and compensated bi-metallic balance, column wheel chronograph, No.17143
Dial: White enamel, black Arabic numeral hour markers, black outer 1/5th second divisions with red Arabic numeral hour markers, red and blue outer tachymetre scale, subsidiary dials at 3 and 9 for seconds and 30 minute recordings, blued steel spade hands, centre chronograph hand
Case: Polished hinged round, hinged inner cuvette, chronograph button through crown, No.366317
Strap/Bracelet: Brown faux alligator leather
Buckle/Clasp: Popper button
Signed: Case, dial & movement
Size: 38mm
Weight: 53,19g
Dating from circa 1920, this rare single-button chronograph wristwatch by Ulysse Nardin reflects the manufacture's early expertise in precision timing instruments during the first decades of wristwatch production.
Equipped with a column-wheel chronograph mechanism and finely executed Swiss lever movement, the watch illustrates the technical sophistication achieved in the post–First World War period, when chronographs were becoming essential tools for sporting and scientific applications. The white enamel dial features a richly detailed layout, including subsidiary seconds and 30-minute registers, along with tachymeter scales in contrasting red and blue.
Housed in a classic 18K yellow gold case with integrated single pusher through the crown, this example combines functional complexity with elegant early 20th-century design, making it a refined and historically significant chronograph from Ulysse Nardin's production.
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