Twin Vianney Halter timepieces, along with collectible watches by Audemars Piguet, A. Lange & Söhne, Patek Philippe, Girard-Perregaux, Vacheron Constantin, Breguet, F.P. Journe, Urwerk, Tissot, Daniel Roth, and Konstantin Chaykin are set to go under the hammer at Swiss auction house Ineichen Zurich at its auction on November 20-21, 2021.

The two-day auction, which will be hosted in Zurich and accessible online, begins on November 20, with a main auction offering modern, vintage and pocket watches from 1:00 PM (Zurich time) to 3:00 PM, followed by the special ?Alchemy of Gold? auction of gold wristwatches that begins at 3:30 PM. Another main auction, on November 21 from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM, will showcase modern watches and will be followed at 3:30 PM by ?Shades of Gray,? a special auction of timepieces produced in tantalum, platinum and steel.
Notable among the rare and highly sought-after timepieces at the auction are twin Vianney Halter pieces, the Antiqua Yellow Gold (estimated at CHF 50,000 ? CHF 100,000) and Antiqua White Gold (CHF 50,000 ? CHF 100,000), which caused a stir when the independent watchmaker revealed them in 1998. Halter’s Antiqua line, which is described as “Relic of the Future Past,” is designed to embody the ?spirit of the marine chronometers, linking antique time instruments to the contemporary collector?s wrist.? The watches offer a quirky interpretation of the perpetual calendar that allows the wearer to read the h...