Geneva, Nov 06, 2021
LOT 127
GIRARD-PERREGAUX 18K GOLD
PIVOTED DETENT CHRONOMETER
GRANDE ET PETITE SONNERIE
CHF 10,000 - 20,000
HKD 85,000 - 170,000 / USD 10,900 - 21,700 / EUR 9,400 - 18,700TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
Sold: CHF 27,500
Extremely fine and important, 18K rose gold, keyless, two train, grande
and petite sonnerie, trip quarter-repeating clockwatch with pivoted
detent chronometer escapement.
| Grading System | |
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Grade: |
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Case: 3-8 |
Good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Girard Perregaux
Year Circa 1870
Movement No. 27168
Case No. 27168
Caliber 19’’’, nickel plated, fausses cotes decoration, double train with differential tandem winding, 29 jewels, gold wheel train, pivoted detent chronometer escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, striking and repeating hours and quarters on two gongs activated by a trip slide on the band, Marche/Silence and Petite/ Grande Sonnerie selection levers under the bezel
Dimensions 51 mm
Signature Dial, Case and Movement
Notes
Any complication, such as a striking train, affects the timekeeping of a watch, so that watches with striking, repeating or chronographs were not
usually regarded as precision watches. The present watch is extremely rare because it has a detent chronometer escapement combined with
grande and petite sonnerie striking and quarter-repeating.
The use of the chronometer escapement shows that Girard-Perregaux intended this watch to be a precision timekeeper and as such a great deal of skill would have been needed to make the movement and to incorporate all the functions, yet retain the timekeeping capabilities.
The use of the chronometer escapement shows that Girard-Perregaux intended this watch to be a precision timekeeper and as such a great deal of skill would have been needed to make the movement and to incorporate all the functions, yet retain the timekeeping capabilities.