SVEND ANDERSEN. A FINE 18K GOLD WRISTWATCH WITH CENTER SECONDS AND CONCEALED EROTIC AUTOMATON
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SVEND ANDERSEN. A FINE 18K GOLD WRISTWATCH WITH CENTER SECONDS AND CONCEALED EROTIC AUTOMATON

SIGNED ANDERSEN, GENEVE, NO. 82, CIRCA 2000

Closed14 December 2010

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USD 17,500

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SVEND ANDERSEN. A FINE 18K GOLD WRISTWATCH WITH CENTER SECONDS AND CONCEALED EROTIC AUTOMATON
SIGNED ANDERSEN, GENEVE, NO. 82, CIRCA 2000
Nickel-finished lever movement, white matte dial, Roman numerals, center seconds, circular case with concave bezel, the back revealing a polychrome erotic boudoir scene of a man and woman, the male automated, small dog in the foreground also automated, both activated by a button in the band at 4 o'clock, case, dial and movement signed, 18k gold Andersen buckle
39mm diam.

Specialist note

Svend Andersen was born in Denmark in 1942. After a four year apprenticeship as a watchmaker, Andersen moved to Geneva in 1963 to follow his passion for watchmaking. Starting his own watch manufacture in 1979, Andersen has designed and manufactured over 100 unique complicated wristwatches including the world's smallest calendar wristwatch certified by the Guinness book of records in 1989.