Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 10, 2013

LOT 50

SVEND ANDERSEN WHITE GOLD SECULAR PERPETUAL CALENDAR Svend Andersen, Geneve, No. 40. Made circa 2006. Very fine and rare, self-winding, 18k white gold wristwatch with perpetual secular calendar and an 18k white gold Andersen buckle. Accompanied by the original Scatola Del Tempo for Andersen winding box and Certificate of Origin.

C. Two-body, polished, curved and stepped bezel, flared lugs, transparent case back to view the perpetual calendar, sapphire crystals. D. Matte silver with engine-turned center, applied white gold Breguet numerals, outer minute track, large aperture for the date. The reverse with subsidiary dials for months combined with leap year indicator, century indicator and extra hand for precise year indicator. Blued steel baton hands. M. Modified ETA 2892, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 39 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 41 mm. THICKNESS 12 mm.