The Classique collection features designs and complications known worldwide for its horological craft and achievements.
The horological specimens are on view at Sotheby's New York galleries from Feb. 28 to March 5.
Halter is often regarded as the king of steampunk in the horological universe.
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I've seen carbon-titanium monocoques, gold-anodized aluminum pushrod suspension links, chrome-moly subframes with titanium heim-joints and obsessive, horological displays of precision machining.
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The watch adheres to horological tradition for grand complications with a rattrapante chronograph, a minute repeater, a perpetual calendar and moon phases.
In October 2011, the magazine's watch supplement published the results of a survey in which 100 horological heavyweights named their three favorite watch books.
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Twelve Faces of Time: Horological Virtuosos, written by journalist Elizabeth Doerr and photographed by Ralf Baumgarten, is a revealing look at the personalities and passion of these craftsmen.
The result, which is more a kinetic sculpture representing his own deep dreams than an instrument to keep track of the daily grind, contains some of the most complicated horological technology known to watchmaking.
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The watches Dr Daniels made on the island were considered by many to be the most technically advanced in the world and he won numerous awards throughout his career, including the Gold Medal of the British Horological Institute.
And whether you're the type of person who cried when Blind Faith broke up or if you're just a horological enthusiast who doesn't know Jack Bruce from Lenny Bruce, on June 5 Christie's New York will be auctioning off 25 watches from Clapton's personal collection.
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