Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Mar 28, 2007

LOT 231

"World Time" Svend Andersen, Genève, "World Time". Made in the 1990s. Fine, thin, self-winding, "World Time", 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, revolving bezel engraved with the names of 31 global locations, teardrop lugs, sapphire crystal. D. Royal blue lacquer with applied gold dot indexes, the continents in sand-finished yellow gold, outer revolving ring dial with the nocturnal and diurnal hours. Yellow gold "dauphine" hands. M. Cal. FP 951, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 19 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 32 mm. Thickness 7 mm.