Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong,the Ritz Carlton Hotel,harbour Room, 3rd Floor, Jun 02, 2007

LOT 5

Pink Gold & Diamonds "World Time" Antoine Preziuso Genève, "World Time", No. 008. Made in a limited edition of 360 pieces in the 1990s. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, self-winding, tonneau-shaped, 18K pink gold and diamond-set lady?s wristwatch with two time zones, five world city indications and an 18K pink gold buckle.

C. Two body, solid, polished and brushed, the sides pave-set with 84 round diamonds, sides with engraved foliage, transparent back with four screws, sapphire crystals. D. Black with applied pink gold Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary second time zone dial at 6, aperture for the cities showing either Tokyo, Singapore, New York, Sydney and Geneva. Pink gold "feuille" hands. M. Cal. 2004-1, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" and "oeil de perdrix" decoration, 20 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance spring, shock absorber. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 34 x 29 mm. Thickness 10 mm.