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 - 18,700

TO 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.


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Grading System
Grade:
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.