Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Jun 27, 2015
LOT 277
CHRISTIAAN VAN DER KLAAUW ASTROLABIUM PINK GOLD Christiaan Van der Klaauw, Netherlands, "Astrolabium 2000", case No. 750/000 No.5. Sold in October 2005. Very fine, rare and unusual, astronomic, self-winding, waterresistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with an 18K pink gold buckle. Accompanied by a Christiaan Van der Klaauw wooden box, guarantee and instruction booklet.
HKD 97,000 - 140,000
USD 12,500 - 18,800 / CHF 12,000 - 17,000
Three-body, solid, polished, straight lugs with gold-screwed bars, screwed-down transparent case back, sapphire crystals. "Guilloché" silver with black painted Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the date, the months and the solar and lunar eclipse indication, aperture for the indication for the sun and moon position for 7 world locations. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. Cal. 2824-2, modified by van der Klaauw and hand-engraved by Jochen Benzinger, rhodium-plated, 25 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator, decorated 18K gold rotor.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 2-9 |
Very good Scratched |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |