Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 08, 2010

LOT 148

Alpina ? Titanium - Ceramic - Extreme Tourbillon Limited Edition Alpina, Genève, No. 04/18, Ref. AL980XT5AE6. Made in 2009. Fine, large, cushion-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, titanium & ceramic wristwatch with one-minute tourbillon regulator dial and a titanium & ceramic Alpina deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted wooden box.

c. Three-body, polished and brushed, transparent case back and bezel secured with 6 screws, half-hooded lugs, sapphire crystals. d. Black with applied steel radial arabic numerals for the minutes, off-center dial for the hours with arabic numerals and baton indexes, aperture for the visible tourbillon regulator under a bridge at 6, carrying the subsidiary seconds hand. steel skeleton hand for the minutes, black skeletonized hour hand. m. cal. al-980, rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 26 jewels, lateral lever escapement in one-minute tourbillon regulator with 3-arm steel carriage, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. dial, case and movement signed. diam. 48 mm. Thickness 12 mm.