PARMIGIANI - EXCEPTIONAL PIECE UNIQUE
"NUBIA" EIGHT-DAY GOING WATCH
Parmigiani, Fleurier, "Nubia - Pièce Unique", movement No. 17005,
No. 2130, Ref. U1941. Made in the 2000s.
Extremely fine and unique, Egyptian inspired, large and heavy hand-
engraved 18K pink gold, hunting cased, 8-day going, keyless pocket
watch with onyx dial and power reserve indication. Accompanied by
a guarantee, hang tag and description booklet.
Three-body, the front cover hand-engraved with a scene of an
Egyptian lady resting on a bed watched by her Nubian servant, a
leopard in the foreground, stepped milled-edge border, polished
band, the back cover hand-engraved with a view to the terrace and
river, the prow of a boat visible and the Nubian servant reflected in
the mirror, push-piece in the crown set with a cabochon sapphire,
mineral crystal. Glazed gold-rimmed cover over the movement.
Black onyx with engraved pink gold outer ring, applied pink
gold 12 numeral in Egyptian hieroglyphs, subsidiary seconds at 9
with applied pink gold dot indexes, applied pink gold power-reserve
sector at 3, oval signature plaque at 6. Pink gold javelin hands.
Cal. 24''', two-tone rhodium and pink gold plated, hand-engraved
"papyrus" decoration, two going barrels, 29 jewels,
hand-chamfered bridges and plates, straight line lever escapement,
monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring,
shock absorber, micrometer regulator.