109th Auction

2023/11/18

Lot 51

Ulysse Nardin
Cronógrafo Medical

A very fine, extremely rare doctor's split seconds chronograph with pulsation scale - for the South American market

Sold

estimated
1.9003.500 €
Price realized
2.500 €
specific features
Case
Silver, polished, spring lid with engraving: "D. R. Burton V.A.S.A. 27.7.950., Buenos Aires", chronograph pusher at 12 o'clock, split seconds at 2 o'clock.
Dial
Enamel.
Movement
2/3 plate movement, Swiss Patent 54714 ("Mécanisme de commande perfectionné de la roue de compteur dans les mouvements à chronographe-compteur" / "Improved mechanism for controlling the counting wheel in chronograph counter movement"), club-tooth lever escapement, screw compensation balance.
Case no.321113
Diam.55 mm
Circa1910
Ctry.Switzerland
Wt.140 g


This unusual and truly rare timepiece was made for South American market, as the Spanish signature on the dial tells us. One half of the movement seems to be almost "packed" with steel chronograph parts.