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12. Ulysse Nardin. An extremely rare and important 18K gold …
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12. Ulysse Nardin. An extremely rare and important 18K gold …
Estimate €12,000 - €18,000
Voluntary lot
Description
12. Ulysse Nardin. An extremely rare and important 18K gold manual wind single button chronograph
Date: Circa 1930
Movement: Jewelled manual wind, column wheel chronograph, No.17351
Dial: White enamel, black Arabic numeral hour markers, black outer 1/5th second divisions with 5 minute Arabic markers, red outer pulsometre scale, sunken subsidiary dials at 3 and 9 for constant seconds and 30 minute recording, blued steel spade hands, centre chronograph hand
Case: Polished round, hinged back, fixed wire lugs, single chronograph button in crown, No.369171
Strap/Bracelet: Brown faux crocodile leather
Buckle/Clasp: Popper button
Signed: Case, dial & movement
Size: 34mm
Weight: 40,51g
Accompaniments: Ulysse Nardin box, Undated Certificate of Origin
Dating from circa 1930, this important single-button chronograph wristwatch by Ulysse Nardin reflects the evolution of precision timing instruments at a time when wristwatches were becoming indispensable professional tools.
This example features a finely constructed column-wheel chronograph movement, illustrating the continued refinement of mechanical chronographs in the interwar period. The white enamel dial is highly legible and functionally arranged, with subsidiary registers for running seconds and 30-minute timing, complemented by a pulsometer scale for medical or scientific use.
Presented in a compact 18K yellow gold case with fixed wire lugs and a single pusher integrated into the crown, the watch prioritises clarity and utility over ornamentation, embodying the restrained technical elegance characteristic of early Ulysse Nardin chronograph production.
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