100,000 EUR
Christophe Claret, X-TREM-1 Pinball for Only Watch Fine and unique, polished 18k white gold and blue anodised Perunal-type aluminium wristwatch with flying tourbillon regulator and floating spheres for time indication. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate. Rectangular with curvex profile, hours and minutes are indicated by two 4mm-diameter hollowed spheres weighing 0.100 grams that move past sapphire scales marked with thin orange Super-LumiNova graduations beneath the sapphire, 3 ATM or 30 m, polished white gold/blue anodised Perunal-type aluminium, fast time adjustment is via an integrated pusher on the middle at 12 o’clock, winding and time-setting via rotating “bows” that fold under caseback. Caliber FLY11, mechanical, hand-wound, 26.6 x 46.4 x 11.94 mm, 419 parts, 64 jewels, power reserve: 50+ hours, 3 Hz (21,600 vph), flying tourbillon inclined at 30° supported by a double ceramic bearing, with cone-shaped pinion transmission and rotates once every 60 seconds, Swiss lever escapement, dual barrels: one for the movement gear train and one for the time indications, the tourbillon movement and the time indication gear trains each have their own independent energy supply to optimise the power reserve. Notes Christophe Claret “For over 20 years, the Claret Manufacture has been designing, developing and producing highly complicated watch movements for the most prestigious brands. However, it was not until 2009 and the launch of the extraordinary DualTow that the p
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2013-09-28
