Important Watches
Geneva, Mar 20, 2010
LOT 171
HD3 Capture Tourbillon ? No. 2 HD3 Complication, "Tourbillon Capture", designed by Valérie Ursenbacher, No. 2/11. Made in a limited edition of 11 pieces in 2008. Very fine, titanium PVD and white gold, water-resistant wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon and an 18K white gold HD3 Capture deployant clasp. Accompanied by the numbered fitted box and certificate.
CHF 35,000 - 55,000
USD 32,000 - 52,000 / EUR 25,000 - 37,000
Sold: CHF 38,400
C. Three-body, black PVD, the bezel with 16 imbus screws and 4 polished white gold flanges overlapping the crystal, concave lugs, white gold screw-down winding crown, transparent back with 6 screws, domed sapphire crystal. D. Hand-guilloche crystal with a radial pattern, applied white gold HD3 logo, segment at the top with silver painted Arabic numerals 11, 12 1, outer minute divisions on a black annular ring, visible spring barrel and aperture in the lower half to view the tourbillon, black bridge engraved "Limited No. 2/11". Hand-made polished white gold skeleton dauphine hands. M. HD3 caliber VU001 on La Joux Perret base, 19 jewels, wolf?s tooth wheels, black plates, lateral lever escapement, monometallic balance with 21,600 oscillations per hour, Breguet balance spring, one-minute tourbillon regulator with three-arm polished steel carriage. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 43 mm. Thickness 15 mm.
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Case: 1 |
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Movement: 1 |
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Dial: 1-01 |
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