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

LOT 85

"Mount Rushmore" Andersen, Genève, "montre à tact", No. 14/30. Idea and design by Walter Haselberger. Made in a limited edition of 30 examples with different dial designs circa 2000. Very fine and unique, self-winding, 18K pink and white gold gentleman's ?à tact" wristwatch with wandering hours and an 18K pink gold Andersen buckle.

HKD 80,000 - 100,000

USD 11,000 - 13,000 / EUR 8,000 - 10,000

Sold: HKD 147,500

C. Three-body, solid, ribbed band, aperture between the lugs at 6 and wide aperture on the dial at 12 showing the time, the numbers and indexes hand engraved and filled with black enamel, straight lugs, time setting by 2 pushpieces on the case back. D. Engraved pink gold by Vaucher Gravure, representing Mount Rushmore. Signature above the hour aperture. M. Cal. modified by Andersen, Genève, mechanical with automatic winding, 25 jewels. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness: 10 mm. Property of a Gentleman from Hong Kong


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 2

Very good
Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

Svend Andersen Born in 1942 in Denmark, Andersen is called the "Watchmaker of the Impossible". With a diploma from the Danish Watchmaker School, part of the Royal Technological Institute of Copenhagen, in 1963 he went to Switzerland to learn how the best watches were produced. After working for Gübelin for several years, in 1969 he joined Patek Philippe's "Atelier of Complications" under the direction of the famous Max Berney, who had more than 45 years of experience with the company. In 1979 Andersen finally set up his own workshop, and since then has created high quality, unusual, and complicated timepieces. In 1984, together with Vincent Calabrese, he founded the Académie Horlogère des Créateurs Indépendants (Horological Academy of Independant Creators), an institution uniting more than 20 of the most ingenious independent watchmakers. The AHCI displays every year at the Basel Fair and its members are often the creative force behind the exceptional creations of the famous watch and clock manufacturers.