Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Oct 23, 2011

LOT 300

TME01 DUAL TIME-ZONE CHRONOGRAPH TOURBILLON Marc Alfieri, France. Time Measure Experience ?TME01?. No.09/23, launched in a limited edition of 23 pieces in 2008. Unconventional, massive curved rectangular, water-resistant, titanium and 18k pink gold wristwatch with one minute tourbillon, second time-zone featuring an AM/PM indicator, mono chronograph dial with 60 minute and 12 hour register, power reserve bar and accuracy ?trust? bar indicator, with larger double folding titanium and PVD Marc Alfieri buckle. Accompanied by a Marc Alfieri box, strap removing tool, spare strap with titanium buckle.

C. Five-body, satin, curved rectangular titanium body with matching fi tted upper and lower secured by 12 special pink gold bolts, pink gold lugs with screw-bars secured to the case with 2 special screws each, the band with oval mono-pusher to start/stop & reset the chronograph, lower oval pusher to adjust second time-zone, curved rectangular sapphire crystals to the front and reverse. D. Matt black, white luminous numerals, outer minutes and red fi ve-minute numerals, off-set subsidiary chronograph dial with screwed pink gold surround, white center and green, yellow, orange, red outer quarters, apertures between 10-15 minute numerals for red and white ?trust? indicator, between 45-50 numerals for red and white power reserve indicator, between 20-25 for second time-zone disc, circular aperture for white/black AM/PM indicator, visible one-minute tourbillon with screwed pink gold surround. Wide pink gold and luminous baton hands. M. BNB Cal.TM-01, carbon fi ber backplate with burnished steel bridges in the form of an intertwined square and X, 59 jewels, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator, cage with 3 equidistant polished steel arms, shock absorber, self-compensating fl at balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed, movement also signed BNB. Dim. 44 mm x 56 mm. Thickness 15 mm.