$74,340
"Karrée Flying Tourbillon" Glashütte Original, "Karrée Tourbillon", No. 11/25. Made in a limited edition of 25 pieces circa 2005. Very fine and rare, rectangular, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with a visible, "Alfred Helwig” style flying tourbillon regulator and an 18K pink gold Glashütte Original buckle. Accompanied by the original box and certificate. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, transparent case back with 8 screws, stepped bezel and sides, sapphire crystals. Skeletonized solid white gold, which allows viewing the "Alfred Helwig” style flying tourbillon and the "oeil-de-perdrix" decorated movement, subsidiary off-center hour dial with printed radial Roman numerals and outer minute track. Blued steel "alpha" hands. Notes "Flying Tourbillon" In the early 1920s Albert Helwig, Technical Director of the Deutsche Uhrmacherschule invented what is now commonly known as a flying tourbillon: “…My idea of constructing the free-standing cage that is without a bridge, was to make a tourbillon as flat as possible … The weight of the cage is only 700 milligrams; no one believed that it would be strong enough. Therefore, I tied a string on one side of the cage and another one on the other side but with a weight of 250 grams. I then hung this in the display case at the entrance hall to the Deutsche Uhrmacherschule and left it hanging there for 4 weeks, which stopped all critics…” Flying tourbillons were made as masterpieces by the best st
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-06-14
