ULYSSE NARDIN - Lot 83

ULYSSE NARDIN Chronographe Rattrapante Chronomètre N°17985 Exceptional and rare steel pocket chronograph watch with mechanical movement - Round case, smooth bezel, fluted crown, round bezel, double officer's back. - White enamel dial, black painted minute track and Arabic numerals, blackened steel "Poire" hands, perpetual seconds at 6 o'clock, 15-minute totalizer at 12 o'clock, double central second hand for chronograph and split-seconds functions, numbered 17985. Accompanied by a period mahogany case with key. Case, dial and movement signed. Movement: hand-wound mechanical. Movement numbered: 17985 Case numbered: 395871 Diameter: 62.3 mm Condition report: Exceptional condition, tiny scratches from use, museum watch, the watch works at the time of the appraisal, no guarantee of functioning over time, a service recommended. This Chronograph Chronometer has the particularity of having its central hand, which totals the seconds elapsed during timing, make one revolution of the dial in 30 seconds, instead of 60 seconds. It also has a split-seconds function. With its high-frequency movement, this watch represents all the expertise of the Manufacture in its creation.