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70s WATCH - EXTREMELY RARE SPACEMAN AUDACIEUSE BY FORTIS-OCTO (NOS - BOXED)
OCEN BLU LEATHER - ANDRE LE MARQUAND
TYPE: VINTAGE - AUTOMATIC
AGE: 1972
NEW OLD STOCK
PRICE: £750

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FEATURES:

SWISS MADE
MANUAL WINDING
17 JEWEL
DATE 6 ' O ' CLOCK
CASE MEASUREMENTS - 40mm (W) X 38mm (H) X 15mm (T)
HUGE STEEL BAND: 38mm (W)
ASYMMETRICAL CRYSTAL
VERY HARD TO FIND

DESCRIPTION:

THE SPACEMAN HAS BEEN EXHIBITED AT LA CHAUX DE FONDS INTERNATIONAL CLOCK AND WATCH MUSEUM IN SWITZERLAND AND THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART IN NEW YORK CITY

REF: PIETER DOENSEN BOOK
The SPACE WATCH from 1972 was designed by Andre Le Marquand Geneve, inspired by an Astronaut's Helmet. The first design was originally created in 1968 and introduced at the 1972 Basel Fair in Switzerland.
Designed as a hallmark to the epochal Moon Landing of the Space Age, this watch caused a sensation - nobody thought that these strange looking watches could ever be sold.

This watch was sold by Tressa Lux, Fortis, Jules Jurgensen, Octo, Zeno Watch, Harlem and others.
The straps were made by Dupont and Nemours out of Corfam. From the asymmetrical semi-conical domed crystal, modeled after an Astronaut's helmet and Videosphere style dial, the Spaceman evokes a Stanley Kubrick 2001 A Space Odyssey aesthetic that is likened to other famous modern age designs by artists from Mid-Century Modern to the Space Age era whilst maintaining an edge that has been lost in today's dismal watch market.

This is an extremely rare New Old stock Spaceman Audacieuse watch. Made by Andre Le Marquand for Fortis - Octo feature a beautiful Ocean Blue colour. The bracelet is in Leather with the Octo Logo and the case is signed by Fortis, plus the original red spaceman box - never seen before!!!

Check also the Andre Le Marquand biography on our Designer section
THE SPACEMAN WATCH COLLECTION ALSO APPEARS IN PIETER DOENSEN'S BOOK: "WATCH - HISTORY OF THE MODERN WRISTWATCHES" (p. 54-55)




ANDRE LE MARQUAND GENEVE

Born on the 17th of August 1930 in Neuchatel, Switzerland.
In 1955 He finishes his studies at the art schools ha attended in Switzerland and Great Britain to become an indipendent architect.

Andre le Marquand is known as an architect and designer of watches. After his 'Spaceman' became a success, he has been designing more and more exclusive watch firms.
Under his own brand name ' Andre La Marquand Geneve' a seiries of very exclusive and stylish watches have been released. For the interior of the hall of the new Catena factory of Bulle, he created a beautifull fresco painting that pictures the histrory of time measurement.

REF: PIETER DOENSEN BOOK: "WATCH - HYSTORY OF THE MODERN WIRSTWATCHES" (p. 54-55)
   



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