$30,680
“Calibre T21 - Gibeon Meteorite - Tourbillon No. 1” Antoine Preziuso, Genève, “Calibre T21 - Gibeon Meteorite – Tourbillon”, No.1. Made in 2005. Very fine and unique, large, water-resistant, gentleman’s wristwatch, made from the Gibeon meteorite, with one-minute tourbillon regulator and an 18K white gold Antoine Preziuso buckle. Two-body, precision-milled from a single piece of the “Gibeon” meteorite, brushed stainless steel transparent case back with 6 screws, wide inclined bezel, curved and straight lugs, sapphire crystals. Black with large luminous Arabic numerals, the lower third cut-away to view the one-minute tourbillon regulator under a polished steel bridge. Luminous “feuille” hands. Cal. T21, rhodium-plated and hand-engraved with stars and comet, 25 jewels, 4 in screwed gold chatons, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator with “A”- shaped polished steel carriage, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, twin barrels. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 10 mm. Property of a Swiss Collector Notes Meteorite Iron meteorites are composed primarily of alloys of iron and nickel and are derived from molten planetary cores, which broke apart billions of years ago. The crystalline patterns within meteorites are known as "Windmanstatten patterns". These patterns can only form in the vacuum of space, where the molten pieces of planetary cores come into contact with very few molecules to which they can
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-06-14
