38,750 CHF
Glashütte Karrée Flying Tourbillon Glashütte Original, "Tourbillon Karrée", No. 18/25. Made in a limited edition of 25 pieces, circa 2005. Very fine and rare, rectangular, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with a visible, Alfred Helwig style flying tourbillon regulator and an 18K pink gold Glashütte Original buckle. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, transparent case back with 8 screws, stepped bezel and sides, sapphire crystals. Two-tone 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 radial Roman numerals and outer minute track. Blued steel alpha hands. Notes Property of a German Collector 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 students of the Deutsche Uhrmacherschule in Glashütte,
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2010-11-13
