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Vianney Halter
Antiqua
A fine, unusual and rare white gold perpetual calendar wristwatch with leap year indicator
- Estimate
- HK$240,000 - 400,000
HK$500,000
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Vianney Halter
- Year
- Circa 2004
- Movement No
- 15W
- Case No
- 15W.41.A
- Model Name
- Antiqua
- Material
- 18k white gold
- Calibre
- Automatic, VH198, 43 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Black leather strap
- Clasp/Buckle
- 18k white gold <em>Vianney Halter</em> buckle
- Dimensions
- 36 mm. diameter
- Signed
- <em>Case, dial and movement signed</em>
- Accessories
- With <em>Vianney Halter </em>undated Certificate of Authenticity, fitted presentation box and outer packaging.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
The Antiqua, Vianney Halter's very first model and first model of his Future Antérieur or Future Past collection was introduced at the Basel Watch Fair in 1998.
The Antiqua, caliber VH198, pushes the boundaries of watchmaking and gives us a completely different approach to telling the time. The dials are hand-engraved making each piece unique and display hours and minutes, date, perpetual calendar and days of the week. The perpetual calendar movement was developed in-house with Halter's patented Mysterious oscillating weight. In order not to obscure the movement, Halter manufactured his so-called Mysterious Mass rotor, hidden behind a peripheral ring with no apparent link to the rotor.
This white gold Antiqua has been manufactured and composed of nearly 100 parts, took over 900 hours to complete and is offered in almost new condition.
The Antiqua, caliber VH198, pushes the boundaries of watchmaking and gives us a completely different approach to telling the time. The dials are hand-engraved making each piece unique and display hours and minutes, date, perpetual calendar and days of the week. The perpetual calendar movement was developed in-house with Halter's patented Mysterious oscillating weight. In order not to obscure the movement, Halter manufactured his so-called Mysterious Mass rotor, hidden behind a peripheral ring with no apparent link to the rotor.
This white gold Antiqua has been manufactured and composed of nearly 100 parts, took over 900 hours to complete and is offered in almost new condition.
Literature
Vianney Halter
Swiss | 1994Vianney Halter seeks to change how we view time and creates mechanical timepieces with retro-futuristic innovative timekeeping displays. One of his most famous models, the groundbreaking Anitqua, takes inspiration from the nineteenth century with an industrial, steampunk aesthetic, using a case with four separate dial displays that wowed collectors when it was first launched in 1998. For some of Halter's creations, literature — in particular that of Jules Verne — has been a source of inspiration. Halter continues to create futuristic case designs and works with complicated movements.
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