$52,900
"Tourbillon sous trois Ponts d'Or” Girard-Perregaux, La-Chaux-de-Fonds, "Tourbillon sous trois Ponts d'Or", No. 17. Made in the 1990s. Extremely fine and important, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with visible oneminute tourbillon regulator under three 18K pink gold bridges and an 18K white gold Girard-Perregaux buckle. Three-body, solid, polished, case back with 6 screws, straight and curved lugs, sapphire crystal. Silver radial Roman chapter ring. Blued steel "Spade” hands. Rhodium-plated, "guilloché", "fausses côtes" and "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 3 polished pink gold bridges, 20 jewels, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator, tourbillon carriage of the type designd by Ernest Guinand, monometallic balance adjusted to 6 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam.36 mm. Thickness 10 mm. Notes For a note on the Girard-Perregaux Tourbillon sous ponts d’or, see lot 259.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-09-28
