Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jul 09, 2016

LOT 417

SVEND ANDERSEN UNIQUE CHRONOMETER PERPETUAL CALENDAR PINK GOLD Svend Andersen, Genève, No. 011. Made in 1994 as a special order for Mr. Volker Meyer zu Drewer. Very fine and unique, self-winding, 18k pink gold wristwatch with perpetual "2000" calendar and an 18K pink gold Andersen deployant "JHP" clasp. Accompanied by the original Certificate of Origin, bill of sale and instructions.

Two-body, polished, stepped bezel, straight fluted lugs, screwed bars, partially transparent case back to view the perpetual calendar, sapphire crystals, back engraved with initials: VM z D. Pink gold base with a rose in relief at the center, applied pink gold Breguet numerals on an ivory reserve, outer minute track, large aperture for the date. The reverse with subsidiary dial for months combined with leap year indicator, century indicator and extra hand for precise year indicator. Yellow gold baton hands. 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.