Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong,the Ritz Carlton Hotel,harbour Room, 3rd Floor, Jun 02, 2007

LOT 219

Yellow Gold & Diamond "Hours of the World" Antoine Preziuso, Genève, "Hours of The World", No. 001. Made in a limited edition of 360 pieces in the 1990s. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, self-winding, tonneaushaped, 18K yellow gold and diamond-set gentleman's wristwatch with two time-zones, five world city indications and an 18K yellow gold buckle.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, the bezel set with 52 round diamonds, foliate engraved sides, transparent back with screws, sapphire crystals. D. Black with painted silver shadowed gold Arabic numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary second time zone dial at 6, aperture for the cities showing either Tokyo, New York, Sydney, Singapore or Geneve. Pink gold "feuille" hands. M. Cal. 2004-1, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" and "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 20 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 33 x 40 mm. Thickness 10 mm.