57,600 CHF
Helwig Flying Tourbillon Glashütte Original, Glashütte in Sachsen, "Alfred Helwig Tourbillon 2", No. 23/25. Made in a limited edition of 25 examples circa 2000, sold by Wempe on January 23, 2004. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, platinum wristwatch with visible one-minute flying tourbillon regulator in the style of Alfred Helwig, retrograde date, power reserve indication and Glashütte “Original” platinum buckle. Accompanied by a Wempe certificate and booklet and setting pin. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, ribbed bezel, concave lugs, transparent case back with 5 screws, sapphire crystals. “Guilloché” 18K white gold, subsidiary dial for the mean time hours and minutes at 6 with painted baton markers, sectors for the retrograde date and the power-reserve indication, aperture for the flying tourbillon regulator with its integral subsidiary seconds hand at 12. Blued steel alpha hands. Notes Alfred Helwig One of the most eminent German precision watchmakers, he was apprenticed to Master Watchmaker Gustav Dunkel until 1904, then entered the Deutsche Uhrmacherschule. Helwig worked in the Glashütter Präzisions-Uhrenfabrik AG until 1908. He worked in Hamburg for a year at the Chronometerwerke Hamburg. In 1909 he returned to the Glashütter Präzisions- Uhrenfabrik for 2 years, also becoming an independent chronometer maker. On April 1, 1913, he became professor and director of practical watchmaking at the Deutsche Uhrmacherschule, staying until his retirement. Very
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-05-11
