138,000 HKD
The Chrysler Building Andersen, Genève, No. 16/30. Idea and design by Walter Haselberger. Made in a limited edition of 30 pieces in 2000. Very fine, rare and unusual, self-winding, 18K pink and white gold wristwatch with double digital time display and an 18K white gold Andersen buckle. Two-body, solid, polished, tapered reeded band with an aperture between the lower lugs displaying the minutes, straight and curved lugs, sapphire crystals, time setting by 2 push pieces on the case back. Guilloché, 18K pink gold with hand-engraved picture representing the Chrysler building in New York, the pinnacle acting as the hour pointer, aperture between 10 and 2 displaying the hours in Arabic numerals. Cal. modified by Andersen, Genève, mechanical with automatic winding, 25 jewels, approximately 40 hours power-reserve. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 10 mm. Notes Inspired by the "montre à tact", Walter Haselberger and Svend Andersen developed their version of a tactful watch for the modern gentleman. It allows one to read time in a discrete manner without an impolite twist of the wrist. Svend Andersen Born in 1942 in Denmark, Andersen is called the "Watchmaker of the Impossible". With a diploma from the Danish Watchmaker School, part of the Royal Technological Institute of Copenhagen, in 1963 he went to Switzerland to learn how the best watches were produced. Working for Gübelin for several years, in 1969 he joined Patek Philippe's "Atelier of Complica
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-06-08
