Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 01, 2004

LOT 115

Girard-Perregaux, "Vintage Tourbillon", No. 420 R, Ref. 9985. Produced circa 2000. Very fine, rectangular curved, water-resistant, self-winding, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with tourbillon under one gold bridge and an 18K pink gold Girard-Perregaux deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, case back with four screws, "bombé? sapphire crystal. D. Matte silver with applied pink gold Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds dial, aperture for the tourbillon cage under one gold bridge. Pink gold "dauphine" hands. M. Cal. 9610 C, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 32 jewels, lateral lever escapement with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator with A-shaped carriage of the type designed by Ernest Guinand, monometallic balance adjusted to 6 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 34 x 47 mm.