$19,550
“Toric” Parmigiani Fleurier, “Toric - Quantième Perpetuel Rétrograde”, Ref. C04000. Sold on Jan. 31, 2002. Very fine and rare, astronomic, center-seconds, self-winding, waterresistant, platinum gentleman’s wristwatch with retrograde perpetual calendar, phases and age of the moon and a platinum Parmigiani Fleurier buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, straight lugs, transparent case back with 5 screws, anti-reflecting sapphire crystals. 18K white gold and “guilloché” black with retrograde sector for the date, sector for the moon age and aperture for the day, month, moon phases and leap year. Pink gold “javelin” hands, blued steel calendar and seconds hands. Cal. PF 130.5, rhodium-plated, “fausses côtes” decoration, 25 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, 22K gold rotor. Diam: 40 mm. Thickness: 11 mm. Notes "Parmigiani Fleurier" Is situated in Fleurier in the Neuchâtel region of the Swiss Jura Mountains. It is there that the master watchmaker Michel Parmigiani has celebrated the art of time for over two decades. After receiving his diploma at the Ecole d’Horlogerie, he worked for a period at Antiquorum, then called the "Galerie d’Horlogerie Ancienne". In the Parmigiani workshop, he has gathered many of the best craftsmen in the world of horology, who bring together the skills of the goldsmith and the watchmaker. Their dexterity, fi
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-12-07
