396,000 HKD
Tourbillon with 7-Day Power-Reserve Maximilian Busser & Friends, “Horological Machine No. 1”, No. 15, Ref. 10.TR41. Made in a limited number, circa 2006. Extremely fine and innovative, oversized, self-winding and manual, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch in the form of an eight, with four mainspring barrels providing 7-day power-reserve, visible one-minute tourbillon regulator and an MB&F pink gold double-sprung deployant clasp. Two-body, massive, figure of eight-shaped, brushed and polished, overhanging bezel, inclined deep band, concave lugs with screwed bars, transparent back with 8 special screws, anti-reflective sapphire crystals. Ruthenium/silver, brushed and guilloche, separate dials for the hours and minutes, the hour dial with radial white Arabic numerals, sapphire crystal bridge, the minutes dial with radial Arabic numerals, inner minutes divisions, sapphire crystal bridge with power-reserve indication, central aperture for the tourbillon. Pink gold skeletonized arrow hands with luminous tips. Special calibre, in the form of an eight, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 81 jewels, four mainspring barrels in parallel, lateral lever escapement, one-minute tourbillon regulator with three equidistant arm steel cage, polished steel bridge, monometallic balance with 28,800 beats per hour, self-compensating flat balance spring, 22K pink gold rotor. Dial and movement signed, case numbered. Dim. 64 x 41 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Notes The 7-day power-reserve is
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-06-27
