Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
New York, The Grand Havana Room, Sep 20, 2006
?Convertible Flying Tourbillon" Glashütte Original, Glashütte in Sachsen, "Julius Assmann - Tourbillon 3", No. 7/25. Made in a limited edition of 25 examples circa 2003. Very fine and rare, convertible, skeletonized, 18K gold gentleman's pocket and wristwatch with visible one-minute flying tourbillon regulator in the style of Alfred Helwig, retrograde date, power-reserve indication and an 18K pink gold Glashütte Original buckle. Accompanied by a special, wooden fitted box and a certificate.
C. Four-body, solid, polished, ribbed bezel, triangular lugs, hinged back cover over transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. 18K white gold, graduated ring dials for the hours and minutes at 6 and the flying tourbillon regulator with its subsidiary seconds hand at 12, sectors for the retrograde date and the up-and-down indication. Blued steel "alpha" hands. M. Cal. 53, skeletonized and hand-engraved, rhodium-plated, 37 jewels including 2 diamond end-stones, lateral lever escapement, Alfred Helwig's one-minute flying tourbillon regulator with polished steel cage and 3 equidistant arms, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm.
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