Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 09, 2009

LOT 324

Piaget Polo Relative Tourbillon No. 00 Piaget, Polo ?Relative Tourbillon,? No. 949915, Ref. P 10376. Made circa 2006. Very fine and unusual, 18K white gold wristwatch with one minute tourbillon on a 60-minute rotating movement, the tourbillon suspended on one side with a counterweight (minute hand) on the other and an 18K white gold deployant buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, certificate and instruction booklet.

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, hooded lugs, nudged bezel, case back with 4 screws, sapphire crystal. D. Guilloche silver with applied white gold radial Arabic numerals and indexes, outer minute track with 10-minute Arabic markers on a plain reserve. Brushed central disc over the barrel with black arrow for the hour indication, white gold arrow (counter weight) minute hand. M. Cal. 608 P, brushed steel bridges rotating from the center, the lower bridge indicates the hour while the upper bridge fitted with the linear wheel train and escapement assembly, revolves once every hour indicating the minutes, 27 jewels, straight-line lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator with polished steel cage and 3 equidistant arms, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance spring, shock absorber, mainspring barrel in the center underneath the movement. Dial and case signed. Diam. 43 mm. Thickness 10 mm.