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Hôtel Plaza Athénée - Le Trianon, Sep 28, 2005

LOT 259

"Tourbillon sous trois Ponts d'Or? Girard-Perregaux, La-Chaux-de-Fonds, "Tourbillon sous trois Ponts d'Or Automatique", No. 10, Ref. 9925. Made in the 1990s. Extremely fine and important, self-winding, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator under three 18K pink gold bridges and an 18K white gold Girard-Perregaux deployant clasp.

USD 35,000 - 45,000

EUR 28,000 - 37,000

Sold: USD 46,000

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, case back with 6 screws, straight and curved lugs, sapphire crystal. D. Pink gold "dauphine? hands. M. Cal. 9600, rhodium-plated, "guilloché", "fausses côtes" and "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 3 polished pink gold bridges, 20 jewels, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator, tourbillon carriage of the type designed by Ernest Guinand, monometallic balance adjusted to 6 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam.36 mm. Thickness 10 mm.


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Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 1

As new
Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

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Girard-Perregaux, ?Trois Ponts d?Or? On March 25, 1884 a patent (No. 14919) was filed in the USA patent office stating: ?Be it known that I, Girard Perregaux of Chaux-de- Fonds, Republic of Switzerland, have invented and produced a new and original Design for a Watch-Movement, of which the following is a full, clear and exact description: ?In a watch movement the design for a bridge, consisting a bridge having a central annular portion, spreadout ends and bar-like portions between the said annular portions and ends, as shown?? The design proved to be one of the most successful watch movement designs ever. It has been used by Girard-Perregaux up to the present day. Their most prestigious watch, the 13??? wrist tourbillon uses the same design. The simple and bold yet elegant layout of the ?three bridge? movement lends itself to the display of the tourbillon regulator. Pellaton, Grether and Guinand cages were used as well as Girard-Perregaux?s own cage. At the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1889, Girard Perregaux received the highest of all awards, a Gold Medal for excellence, for his famed three-bridge Tourbillon.