106th Auction
2022/5/21
Lot 280
Musée International d'HorlogerieMIH
A remarkable single button chronograph wristwatch with day of the week, month and date display taking into account the different lengths of the months - annual calendar - with original accompanying booklet with operating instructions and issue of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung of March 28, 2008.
Sold
estimated
2.500—5.000 €
Price realized
6.000 €
specific features
Case
Titanium, screwed on sapphire glass back, screwed crown, original caoutchouc strap with titanium buckle.
Dial
Black.
Movement
Automatic.
Cal.ETA 7750
Diam.42 mm
Circa2008
Ctry.Switzerland
Wt.200 g
The MIH watch was conceived by Prof. Ludwig Oechslin, the former curator of the MIH (Museum International Horlogerie, La Chaux-de-Fonds). He had taken up the challenge of developing an annual calendar with only 9 instead of 30-40 moving parts, where the date can be read in a single clear window. The project was realised together with EMBASSY in Lucerne and the designer Christian Gafner, and part of the proceeds from the sale went to selected projects of the museum.
Prof. Ludwig Oechslin has already developed timepieces for a number of companies, including Ulysse Nardin, and served as curator at the International Watch Museum, La Chaux-de-Fonds from 2001 to 2014.