Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 10, 2010

LOT 206

HD3 Raptor White Gold & Ruthenium Tourbillon HD3, Raptor, Design by Fabrice Gonet, Swiss, No. 7/33. Made in a limited edition of 33 pieces in 2007. Very fine and rare, rectangular curved, water-resistant, 18K white gold and ruthenium wristwatch with one minute tourbillon regulator hinged over an LCD display chronograph with date and a stainless steel and ruthenium Raptor deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original HD3 wooden fitted box and a certificate.

C. Five-body, solid, polished and brushed, upper: Reeded bezel, transparent case back with 6 screws, straight lugs, domed sapphire crystal, lower: case back with 4 screws, 2 push-buttons at 6 to open the LCD display, 4 black push-buttons to operate the LCD chronograph. D. Ruthenium, apertures for the tourbillon regulator under a polished steel bridge at 6 and the barrel and winding wheels at 12. Pink gold with red inlay hands. M. Cal. FG 001, ruthenium, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator, cage with 3 equidistant polished steel arms, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 40 x 61 mm. Thickness 19 mm. Property of a Mid-West Collector