Online Christmas Auction

Hong Kong, Dec 11, 2019

LOT 115

Harald Schade - Self-winding, chronograph, minute and hour recorders, triple date and moon phases; “Création”; limited edition; 18K yellow gold

HKD 20,000 - 24,000

EUR 2,400 - 2,900 / USD 2,600 - 3,100 / CHF 2,600 - 3,100

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

18K yellow gold, self-winding, round-shaped, gentleman’s wristwatch, screwed case-back, white dial with subsidiary seconds at 9 and seven horological complications: • 1/10 second chronograph (activated by the two round-shaped push-pieces) • Half-instantaneous 30-minute recorder (subsidiary dial at 3 o’clock) • 12-hour recorder (subsidiary dial at 6 o’clock) • Instantaneous date of the month (aperture at 4:30) • Day of the week (aperture at 10 o’clock; indications given in English) • Month of the year (aperture at 2 o’clock; indications given in English) • Phases of the moon (aperture at 6 o’clock)


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3 *
Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Brand Harald Schade, Zürich

Model “Création”

Year circa 1980-1985

Material 18K yellow gold

Bracelet black crocodile leather HS strap

Buckle 18K yellow gold buckle

Diameter 39.6 mm.

Caliber based on "El Primero” ebauche (by Zenith-Movado)

Signature dial and movement

Notes

Harald Schade, A.K.K., Zürich
The present watch is part of a series of 150 examples made by the watchmaker and watch expert Harald Schade in the early 1980’s in Zürich. Its rarity is enhanced by the self-winding chronograph movement signed by Zenith, Le Locle, and Movado, La Chaux-de-Fonds, who joined their forces and founded in 1969 the Mondia-Zenith-Movado holding. The movement presented was at the time considered the most advanced wristwatch featuring a thin self-winding movement with date, chronograph, 30-minute and 12-hour recorders, and became an immediate success, the legendary “El Primero”.