Important Watches | 珍貴名錶
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GIRARD-PERREGAUX | REF 99193 TOURBILLON SOUS TROIS PONTS D'OR, A LIMITED EDITION PINK GOLD AUTOMATIC TOURBILLON WRISTWATCH WITH THREE GOLD BRIDGES CIRCA 2000 | 芝柏 |99193型號「TOURBILLON SOUS TROIS PONTS D'OR」限量版粉紅金自動上鏈三金橋陀飛輪腕錶，年份約2000
Auction Closed
December 11, 08:21 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
GIRARD-PERREGAUX
芝柏
REF 99193 TOURBILLON SOUS TROIS PONTS D'OR
A LIMITED EDITION PINK GOLD AUTOMATIC TOURBILLON WRISTWATCH WITH THREE GOLD BRIDGES
CIRCA 2000
99193型號「TOURBILLON SOUS TROIS PONTS D'OR」限量版粉紅金自動上鏈三金橋陀飛輪腕錶，年份約2000
Dial: semi skeletonized
Caliber: cal. 9600 automatic jeweled movement, one minute tourbillon, three pink gold bridges
Case: 18k pink gold, case back secured by six screws
Case number: No. 41/50
Closure: pink gold Girard-Perregaux folding clasp
Size: diameter 41 mm
Signed: case, dial and movement
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Arguably one of the most visibly iconic tourbillon movements, the present lot embodies the unique heritage of the manufacture's design. The miniaturized movement was reimagined for a very limited series. The present lot is numbered 41 of only 50 pieces.
Constant Girard patented his first 'three bridge movement' in 1884. In 1889, Girard's first three bridge tourbillon watch won the gold medal at the Paris Universal Exhibition. Between 1865 and 1911, Girard-Perregaux registered 57 tourbillon watches at the Observatory of Neuchâtel.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Girard-Perregaux researched and manufactured 20 golden bridge tourbillon pocket watches based on the 1889 original. In 1986, Girard-Perregaux’s Research and Development team were charged with designing and producing a wristwatch version of the three bridge tourbillon in time for the company's 1991 bicentenary. Their technological innovations lead to the miniaturization of the movement to allow the three golden bridges to be visible from the dial side.