Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Monaco, Jul 19, 2022

LOT 139

VIANNEY HALTER
TRIO GRANDE DATE, 18K WHITE GOLD

EUR 40,000 - 80,000

USD 42,200 - 85,000 / HKD 332,000 - 670,000 / CHF 40,300 - 81,000

Sold: EUR 65,000

Fine and very rare 18k white gold rectangular curved self-winding wristwatch with big date, day/night indicator and small second.


Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 2

Very good

Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Brand Vianney Halter, Sainte-Croix (Vaud)

Model Trio Grande Date

Year Circa 2007

Case No. 11W.641.T

Material 18K white gold

Bracelet leather with 18K white gold buckle

Caliber VH205

Dimensions 44 x 32 mm.

Thickness 12 mm.

Weight 140.23 gr. (approx.)

Signature Case, dial and movement

Notes

French watchmaker Vianney Halter has been fascinated by watches and clocks from childhood. He attended watchmaking school in Paris at age 13 and at 17 he began specialising in horological restoration work. After moving to Switzerland, he established his own company "Janvier S.A." in 1994, named after famous French clockmaker Antide Janvier.

Today Halter, a member of the AHCI, lives in the town of Sainte-Croix in Switzerland, where his firm produces a small and exclusive line of watches like the "Antiqua" (introduced in 1999), the "Contemporaine", the "Trio" and the "Classic". These unusually designed wristwatches or perhaps more accurately, time-sculptures, defy all conventions, yet Halter's vision of presenting time follows the highest standards of traditional watchmaking. In 2003 Vianney Halter collaborated with the well-known New York jewellery house Harry Winston, joining forces to build the inimitable "Opus 3" wristwatch with its 6 portholes and 10 independently rotating discs that display time.

Launched in 2007, the "Trio" was a new line and for the first time featured a rectangular case and a large two window date indication that smartly, could be adjusted using the crown rather than a pusher. The third model launched in his "Futur Antérieur" collection, it still featured its characteristic steam-punk design and riveted portholes and now was equipped with its brand new caliber, the 40-jewelled VH205 calibre.