120,000 CHF
Pièce Unique Schwarz Etienne, 1902, "Tourbillon Millenium", No. 1/1. Made in May 2008. Very fine and rare, oversized, water resistant, skeletonized and hand-engraved, 18K white gold wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator with an 18K white gold Schwarz Etienne deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate. Three-body, solid, polished, straight lugs, screwed bars, flat bezel, transparent case back with 7 screws, sapphire crystals. Transparent, at 6 the visible tourbillon cage under a steel bridge bearing a 3-spoke steel seconds hand for the seconds sector. Blackened gold Breguet hands. Notes Before becoming a watch brand, Schwarz Etienne was a watch and movement manufacturer for almost a century. The brand’s ethic is “respect and responsibility” and defines itself as a brand making “artisanal luxury watches” as opposed to brands that make “industrial luxury watches”. Unique pieces are made for collectors and there are very limited series of each other reference.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-11-14
