Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 10, 2013

LOT 168

JACQUES ETOILE TOURBILLON PINK GOLD Jacques Etoile, Germany, Tourbillon, No. 002. Made in a limited edition circa 2008. Fine, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with visible one-minute flying tourbillon regulator and a plated Jacques Etoile buckle.

Two-body, solid, polished, rounded bezel and band, curved lugs, transparent case back with 7 screws, sapphire crystals. Black with applied pink gold baton and arabic numerals, aperture for the tourbillon at 6. Pink gold feuille hands. J.E. Cal. 1, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 23 jewels, lateral lever escapement with one-minute flying tourbillon regulator, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold isochronism and 3 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed.