Friedensreich Hundertwasser
An unusual gold and blackened asymmetrical double open-faced keyless lever watch made to commemorate the anniversary of the universal declaration of human rights Circa 1991, no. 125/999
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September 16, 02:53 PM GMT
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3,500 - 4,500 GBP
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Friedensreich Hundertwasser
An unusual gold and blackened asymmetrical double open-faced keyless lever watch made to commemorate the anniversary of the universal declaration of human rights
Circa 1991, no. 125/999
• Movement: rhodium plated manual movement, lever escapement, marked EPOS Manus Verlag and numbered 125/999, stamped to the rim 1991 and with calibre[?] no. 908 within an oval
• Dials: the front with polychrome dial, asymmetric multi-coloured hour indexes, unusually shaped black/white/gold hands, the back revealing partially skeletonised movement with pink/blue/red hands running counter-clockwise, the back crystal with turquoise printed highlight circles above the winding wheels, balance and escapement
• Case: blackened asymmetrically shaped, the band with gold panels featuring black Arabic numerals with Roman numerals for V and X, gold pendant and bow, with a red rope twist fabric fob cord
• Box: with a black stained wooden display box with sliding turquoise panels to reveal the glazed interior, to one side featuring illustrations of the watch's hands, to the other the shape of the case, each flanked by printed numerals, script signature to the top
width 43mm, wooden box 113.5mm wide
The present watch is a limited edition completed between a collaboration of Epos and the renowned Austrian painter, Friedensreich Hundertwasser. Hundertwasser whom is most commonly known for his application of spirals, arabesquesllines and as well as strong use of colors to his project, has taken seven years to design the present watch.
Not only does the dial of the watch emit a strong identity of the artist, the two pairs of hands both in the front and back of the watch runs reversed, as to show the paradoxical time which the artist believes.