15,000 CHF
Limited Edition World Time Andersen, Geneve, “Universal Coordinated Times”, No. 109/120. Made in a limited edition of 120 pieces in 2004 to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the Prime Meridian Conference of 1884. Very fine and rare, large, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum world time wristwatch with 24-hour indication and a platinum Andersen buckle. To be sold without reserve Two-body, polished, stepped bezel, flat band, straight lugs, transparent back, the border engraved “Universal Coordinated Times”, screw-down winding crown, sapphire crystals. Twotone blue-gray dial with central world map and meridians with applied white gold dot indexes, outer 24-hour ring divided into nocturnal and diurnal hours, outer revolving ring with names of 31 various world cities. White gold skeletonized triangular hands. Cal. 1127OC, Ref. 112700, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator, gold plate engraved with a portrait of Sandford Fleming and “Sandford Fleming, 1827-1915, Inventor of World Time”. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 41 mm. Thickness 9 mm. Notes This limited edition of 120 watches commemorates the 120th anniversary of the "Prime Meridian Conference" held in Washington in October 1884, which accepted the system of 24 time zones invented by Sir Sandford Fleming. Numbers 1-50 of the limited edition were made in pink gold
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-05-11
