$36,800
Antoine Preziuso, Genève, "Regulateur Tourbillon Millennium", No. 001. Produced in 2000. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with visible one-minute Tourbillon regulator, 56 hours autonomy and an Antoine Preziuso deployant clasp. Three-body, solid, polished, transparent case back with 6 screws, sapphire crystals. "Guilloché" silver with painted radial Roman numerals on a plain off-center ring dial, aperture for the one-minute tourbillon regulator under a polished steel bridge at 6. Blued steel "feuille" hands. Notes Antoine Preziuso, Maître Horloger. Among the modern great watchmakers, Antoine Preziuso, the man and his brand, are truly exceptional. For over 25 years, Preziuso has been a master horologist of the highest caliber, and he is considered to be one of the most gifted masters of mechanical complication today. Many of his greatest timepieces have been awarded the famous "Poinçon de Genève" Hallmark of Geneva seal for their technical mastery and aesthetic quality. As a young man who assembled his first timepiece at the age of seven, Preziuso is renowned as one of Switzerland’s finest independent watchmakers. His illustrious career runs the gamut of specializing in making extremely important horological complications for the great watchmaking firms, to setting up the first restoration and appraisal workshop of the world’s leading auctioneer in the field of horology, Antiquorum. In 1981, already reputed as an expert watchma
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-09-22
