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New York, Grand Havana Room, Apr 25, 2001

LOT 338

The Golden Bridge, Girard-Perregaux, Chaux-de-Fonds, No. 109318, case No. 85545. Produced circa 1890.Very fine and rare, 18K gold, hunting-cased, keyless watch with gold bridges and special escapement.

USD 12,000 - 15,000

C. four-body, "deux filets" type, "guilloché" covers, front with monogram cartouche, hinged gold cuvette and gold glazed bezel below. D. white enamel, Roman chapters, outer minute divisions with five-minute Arabic markers, sunk auxiliary dial for the seconds. Gold "Louis XV" hands. M. 44.8 mm. (20''') nickel with three parallel gold bridges, straight line reversed counterpoised equidistant lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, lever-set.Dial, case and movement signed, movement inscribed Patented Mar 25, 1884.Diam. 57 mm.


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Grade:
Case: 3 - 15
Movement: 3

Good
Dial: 3

Good

Notes

The celebrated three parallel gold bridges design, produced by Girard-Perregaux between 1865 and 1895, was employed in approximately 20 tourbillons and not many more lever watches with special escapement. It was revived a century later in a special, limited series of Girard-Perregaux wristwatches.