Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Sep 30, 2014

LOT 52

SVEND ANDERSON MONTRE A TACT WHITE GOLD Andersen, Genève, Montre a Tact, designed by Walter Haselberger. No. 11 / 30. Made in a limited edition of 30 pieces in 2005. Very fine, unusual and extremely rare, self-winding, 18K white gold wristwatch with dual digital time display dial and an 18K white gold Andersen buckle. Accompanied by the original fitted box and Certificate of Origin.

Three-body, solid, polished, tapered reeded band with an aperture between the lower lugs displaying the progressive right to left Arabic hour numerals with 10 minute baton indexes, straight and curved lugs, sapphire crystals, time setting by a rotating crown on the case back. 18K blue gold with guilloche sunburst pattern focused around a central crown, aperture between 10 and 2 displaying the progressive left to right hours in Arabic numerals with 5 and 15 minute baton indexes. Cal. AS 1147, modified by Andersen, Genève, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, index regulator.