55,200 CHF
"Tourbillon sous trois Ponts d'Or” Girard-Perregaux, La-Chaux-de-Fonds, "Tourbillon sous trois Ponts d'Or", No. 25 Au.y. Made in the 1990s. Extremely fine and important, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with visible one minute tourbillon regulator under three 18K pink gold bridges and an 18K yellow gold Girard-Perregaux buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate. Three-body, solid, polished, case back with 6 screws, straight and curved lugs, sapphire crystal. Gold 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 designed 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 Girard-Perregaux, “Trois Ponts d’Or“ Girard-Perregaux, “Trois Ponts d’Or“ On March 25, 1884 a patent (No. 14919) was filed in the USA patent office stating: “Be it known that I, Girard Perregaux of Chaux-de- Fonds, Republic of Switzerland, have invented and produced a new and original Design for a Watch-Movement, of which the following is a full, clear and exact description: …In a watch movement the design for a bridge, consisting a bridge having a central annular portion, spreadout ends and bar-like portions between the sa
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-11-13
