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Lot 2231
GIRARD-PERREGAUX. A VERY FINE AND RARE 18K WHITE GOLD THREE GOLD BRIDGES TOURBILLON CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH BREGUET NUMERALS
SIGNED GIRARD-PERREGAUX, TOURBILLON WITH THREE GOLD BRIDGES, CHRONOGRAPH MODEL, REF. 99150-53-821-BA6A, NO. 4, CIRCA 2012
Closed28 May 2014
Price Realised
HKD 400,000
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US$40,000-60,000
With Girard-Perregaux Certificat d'Authenticité, Garantie Internationale dated March 2012, product literature, fitted presentation box and outer packaging.
The offered lot Girard-Perregaux's first tourbillon movement featuring three gold bridges was patented in 1884 by one of the firm's founder, Constant Girard; the unique example in the history of watchmaking represents still today a perfect combination of aesthetical, technical and symbolical aspects. At the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1889, his tourbillon with three gold bridges was awarded a gold medal and then declared out of competition, as it was beyond match.
Nearly 200 years later, in 1986, the firm's Research and Development Department was mandated with the creation of the wristwatch version of the tourbillon with three gold bridges to celebrate Girard-Perregaux's bicentenary in 1991. The challenge of miniaturizing the pocket watch movement and to inverse its construction by positioning the gold bridges on the dial side was perfectly mastered and crowned by the launch of the celebrated "Tourbillon sous trois Ponts d'or" wristwatch.
With Girard-Perregaux Certificat d'Authenticité, Garantie Internationale dated March 2012, product literature, fitted presentation box and outer packaging.
The offered lot Girard-Perregaux's first tourbillon movement featuring three gold bridges was patented in 1884 by one of the firm's founder, Constant Girard; the unique example in the history of watchmaking represents still today a perfect combination of aesthetical, technical and symbolical aspects. At the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1889, his tourbillon with three gold bridges was awarded a gold medal and then declared out of competition, as it was beyond match.
Nearly 200 years later, in 1986, the firm's Research and Development Department was mandated with the creation of the wristwatch version of the tourbillon with three gold bridges to celebrate Girard-Perregaux's bicentenary in 1991. The challenge of miniaturizing the pocket watch movement and to inverse its construction by positioning the gold bridges on the dial side was perfectly mastered and crowned by the launch of the celebrated "Tourbillon sous trois Ponts d'or" wristwatch.