$29,900
Andersen, Genève, "Montre à Tact", No. 16/30. Idea and design by Walter Haselberger. Produced in a limited edition of 30 examples in 2000. Very fine, rare and unusual, self-winding, 18K pink and white gold gentleman's wristwatch "à tact" with double time display and an 18K white gold Andersen, Genève buckle. Accompanied by a box and certificate. two-body, solid, polished, reeded band with an aperture between the lower lugs displaying the time, straight and curved lugs, sapphire crystals. Time setting by 2 push pieces on the case back. Cal. modified by Andersen, Genève, mechanical with automatic winding, 25 jewels, 40 hours autonomy. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Notes Montre à Tact In the Parisien Society at the close of the 18th century it was very impolite during a conversation to take out a pocket watch and glance at the dial to read the time. A.L. Breguet decided to end this misery and in 1796 developed his "montre à tact" or the "tactful" watch. His watch had protruding hour markers and could be touched within the pocket to "feel" the time. Walter Haselberger and Svend Andersen developed their version of a tactful watch for the modern gentleman. It allows one to read time in a discrete manner without an impolite twist of the wrist. Svend Andersen Born in 1942 in Denmark, Andersen is called the "Watchmaker of the Impossible". With a diploma from the Danish Watchmaker School, part of the Royal Technological Institute of Copenhagen, in 1963
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2002-09-25
