Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Dec 07, 2006

LOT 21

"Jour et Nuit" Andersen, Genève, "Jour et Nuit," No. 03, Ref. KW1000SA. Made circa 2004. Very fine and unusual, large, water-resistant, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with jumping hour hand, 24-hour "day and night" sector dial and an 18K white gold Andersen buckle.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, straight lugs, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Guilloché anthracite with applied concentric semi-circular brushed chapters for the day and night hours with painted Arabic numerals, applied minutes chapter below. Double-ended white gold single hand with sun and moon tips. M. Cal. 16''', rhodium-plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 20 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, selfcompensating flat balance spring, shock absorber. Dial and movement signed. Case signed ?Idee Design?. Diam. 43 mm. Thickness 8 mm.