Girard-Perregaux

Girard-Perregaux, No. 1 Girard-Perregaux, La-Chaux-de-Fonds, "Tourbillon sous trois ponts d’or Chronographe", No. 1. Made in 1996, sold on September 25th, 1996. Extremely fine and important, water-resistant, large, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with one-minute tourbillon regulator under three 18K pink gold bridges and roundbutton chronograph, registers and an 18K yellow gold Girard-Perregaux buckle. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity and a fitted box. Three-body, massive, polished and brushed, inclined and stepped bezel, curved lugs, transparent back with six screws, sapphire crystals secured by six screws. Off-white with applied large yellow gold Breguet numerals, outer 1/5th second and minute division, subsidiary dials for the second, 30-minute and 12-hour registers. Luminous yellow gold feuille hands. Notes Girard-Perregaux, “Trois Ponts d’Or“ On March 25, 1884, a patent (No. 14919) was filed in the USA patent office stating: “Be it known that I, Girard Perregaux of Chaux-de- Fonds, Republic of Switzerland, have invented and produced a new and original Design for a Watch- Movement, of which the following is a full, clear and exact description: …In a watch movement the design for a bridge, consisting a bridge having a central annular portion, spread-out ends and bar-like portions between the said annular portions and ends, as shown…”.