Pierre Kunz "Spirit of Challenge" double retrograde with moon phase wristwatch, automatic, water- resistant, titanium wristwatch with retrograde minute and hour, moon phases and a titanium Pierre Kunz buckle. With original box, certificate and manual.
Case: Three-body, matte, inclined bezel, lapidated lugs, coin-edge band, screw-down crown, back with 6 screws, sapphire crystal.
Dial: Semi-Skeleton dial with double retrograde hour and minutes. Mother of pearl moon phase subdial with 6 stars and MOP moon indicator. Orange epèe hands.
Movement: Automatic, Rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix and fausses cotes decoration, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.
Dial, movement and case signed.
Size: 41mm Thickness: 11mm
Circa 2005
Original box, warranty and certificate
Price: $5,950 (original MSRP: $19,900)
More about Pierre Kunz:
Pierre Kunz, born in 1959, is an independent Swiss watchmaker established in Geneva. After completing his studies at the celebrated Vallée de Joux watchmaking school, he worked for a number of years in the workshops of Victorin Piguet where he constructed a variety of grande complications from start to finish. Later, he opened his own business restoring antique clocks, it was not long before he returned to some of Switzerland’s leading brands to make more grande complications.
In the early 2000s, Franck Muller offered him the chance to create his own models at the famous Watchland Park at Genthod. Pierre Kunz creations are often associated with retrograde hands to create original designs with a unique character.