Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Dec 07, 2006

LOT 156

?Richeville Tourbillon? Girard-Perregaux, ?Richeville Tourbillon?, Numero 0, Ref. 99300. Made in 1994. Very fine, tonneau-shaped, water-resistant, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with one-minute tourbillon regulator and an 18K white gold Girard-Perregaux buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, transparent case back with 6 screws, sapphire crystals. D. Guilloché silver with painted radial Roman numerals on a plain outer reserve, at 6 aperture for the one-minute tourbillon regulator under a steel bridge with its "A"- shaped frame, carrying the blued steel seconds hand. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. Cal. 9940, rhodium-plated, "oeil-deperdrix" decoration, 20 jewels, lateral lever escapement with one minute tourbillon regulator, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed, movement also engraved: ?1994?. Dim. 35 x 45 mm. Thickness 10 mm.