The Collection of a European Nobleman

Geneva, May 11, 2008

LOT 230

Grande Chronomaster XXT Tourbillon Zenith, ?Grande Chronomaster XXT Tourbillon El Primero, Millesime 2005?, No. 47/50, Ref. 1.812.604.005. Made in a limited edition of 50 examples in 2005, sold on November 11, 2005. Very fine, very large, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator, oval button chronograph, registers, date and an 18K pink gold Zenith deployant clasp. To be sold without reserve

CHF 50,000 - 70,000

EUR 32,000 - 44,000 / USD 50,000 - 70,000

Sold: CHF 36,000

C. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel and lugs, transparent case back with 8 screws, sapphire crystals. D. Two-tone satiné silver with applied oversized pink gold faceted dart indexes, off-center guilloché silver dial for the hours and minutes with outer frosted gilt ring with fifths of a second divisions, subsidiary dials for the 12-hour and 30- minute registers, aperture at 11 for the visible tourbillon regulator under a polished and faceted pink gold bridge, surrounded by the date ring. Pink gold dauphine hands. M. Cal. El Primero 4005, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 35 jewels, straight line lever escapement with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator with satin-finished steel cage, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, 22K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 45 mm. Thickness


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Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

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other high-end brands. Under the new ownership of the LVMH conglomerate the ?manufacture? has excelled to introduce innovative and more complicated timepieces with often bold designs. The ?Grande Chronomaster XXT Tourbillon? with its new 4005 caliber features a tourbillon regulator built into the ?El Primero?s? fast beating and proven foundation, making it the only tourbillon available in the market which rotates once a minute in a movement oscillating at the high speed of 36,000 vph. Cal. 4005 is made from 319 individual parts with the very unusual feature of having the date disc fitted within the tourbillon aperture.