$28,320
"Antiqua" Vianney Halter, "Time Machine Perpetual Antiqua". Made circa 2003. Very fine, rare and highly unusual, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar and futuristic visual features. Accompanied by a box and certificate. 7 main parts, solid, polished and brushed, rounded central lugs, winding-crown, 4 different-sized and rivet-decorated portholes to view the different indications, rivetdecorated winding-crown, anti-reflective sapphire crystals. 4 individual, two-tone, brushed 18K white gold dials with painted radial Arabic numerals for the hours, the days of the week, the months, the leap years and the date. Blued steel "alpha" hands. Cal. VH 198, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 43 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, selfcompensating flat balance-spring, patented sapphire crystal “mystery” rotor with 18K white gold segment. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 43 mm. Thickness 11 mm. Notes Vianney Halter A French watchmaker, Vianney Halter has been fascinated by watches and clocks from early age on. He attended watchmaking school in Paris at age 13 and at 17 he began specializing in horological restoration work. After moving to Switzerland, he established his own company “Janvier SA” in 1994, named after famous French clockmaker Antide Janvier (1751 - 1835). Today Halter, a member of the AHCI (Académie horlogère des créateurs indépendants” or “Academy
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-06-14
