Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Sep 24, 2003

LOT 182

Girard-Perregaux, "Richeville Golden Bridge Tourbillon", No. 3. Produced in 1994.Very fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator and an 18K white gold Girard-Perregaux buckle.

C. three-body, solid, polished and brushed, transparent case back with 6 screws, sapphire crystals. D. black with tritium-coated Arabic numerals, aperture for the visible tourbillon regulator under an 18K pink gold bridge at 6, carrying the auxiliary seconds hand. "Epée" tritium-coated white hands. M. Cal. T3P, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" and "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 20 jewels, lateral lever escapement with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator with A-shaped carriage of the type desined by Ernest Guinand, monometallic balance adjusted to 6 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial and movement signed, numbered on the case.Dim. 35 X 37 mm.