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New York, Dec 11, 2008

LOT 342

Jumping Hours and Retrograde Minutes Hautlence, Horlogerie Suisse, "HL", No. HL03 - 34/88. Made in a limited edition of 88 pieces, circa 2007. Very fine and very unusual, innovative, TV-shaped, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with 3-dimensional dial, simultaneous jumping hours and retrograde minutes, dragging seconds, semi-skeletonized movement and an 18K pink gold Hautlence buckle. Accompanied by the warranty card, instruction booklet and original fitted box.

C. Two-body, built to the 16:9 ratio of a television screen, polished, flat band, straight downturned lugs, transparent back with four special screws, sapphire crystals. D. Anthracite, 3-dimensional, partially skeletonized to view the movement, polished white gold baton quarterhour indexes and brushed minute sector, offset hour chapter ring with luminous Arabic numerals covered by a sapphire crystal disc with line decoration obscuring the hour numerals and with aperture for the current hour, subsidiary dial for the dragging seconds, steel skeleton levers for the retrograde minutes. Luminous steel skeleton baton minute hand. M. Peseux 7001, rectangular, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 24 jewels, straight line lever escapement with 21,600 beats per hour, free-sprung monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance spring, shock absorber. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 44 x 37 mm. Thickness 11 mm.