$2,400
Lawrence Spivak's Watch Audemars Piguet, Genève, movement No. 79837, case 20317. Made circa 1955. Fine, thin, 18K gold wristwatch and 18K gold Audemars Piguet buckle. Accompanied by its original leather Audemars Piguet fitted box and a notarized letter of authenticity by the grandson of Mr. Spivak, as well as assorted family photographs. Two-body, polished and brushed, bezel with bark finish. Silver with applied baton indexes. Gold baton hands. Cal. 2003/1, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 4 positions, self-compensating flat balance spring. Case and movement signed. Diam. 31 mm. Thickness 4.5 mm. Notes Lawrence Edmund Spivak (June 11, 1900 - March 9, 1994) An American publisher and journalist best known as a regular panelist and later moderator on NBC's Meet The Press from 1947 to 1975, a program he produced and co-created with original host Martha Rountree. Prior to his assuming the moderator's chair in 1966, which he held until his retirement from the show in 1975, he sat on the panel, while Ms. Rountree, and later Ned Brooks, moderated. Spivak was distinguished by his rather dapper appearance, his wardrobe usually including a bowtie and heavy-rimmed glasses. As moderator, he asked the first question of the Meet the Press guest and then handed off to the other journalists on the panel, which usually totaled four during his decades-long tenure as the host/moderator of this TV prog
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-03-05
