Important Watches: Part I

Important Watches: Part I

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 35. Created by François-Paul Journe: Gouverneur Grande Sonnerie Pink gold minute-repeater wristwatch with visible hammer, power-reserve and day/night indication Circa 1997 | 伯爵 |「Gouverneur Grande Sonnerie」粉紅金三問腕錶備透視報時音錘、動力儲存及晝夜顯示,François-Paul Journe 製作,年份約1997.

Piaget

Created by François-Paul Journe: Gouverneur Grande Sonnerie Pink gold minute-repeater wristwatch with visible hammer, power-reserve and day/night indication Circa 1997 | 伯爵 |「Gouverneur Grande Sonnerie」粉紅金三問腕錶備透視報時音錘、動力儲存及晝夜顯示,François-Paul Journe 製作,年份約1997

Auction Closed

May 10, 11:59 AM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 80,000 CHF

Lot Details

Description

Piaget


Created by François-Paul Journe:

Gouverneur Grande Sonnerie

Pink gold minute-repeating wristwatch with visible hammer, power-reserve and day/night indication 

Circa 1997


伯爵

「Gouverneur Grande Sonnerie」粉紅金三問腕錶備透視報時音錘、動力儲存及晝夜顯示,François-Paul Journe 製作,年份約1997


Dial: black

Calibre: cal. 1996P manual winding, 33 jewels

Case: 18k pink gold, snap-on back 

Case number: 645’952

Closure: 18k pink gold Piaget buckle

Dimensions: 37 mm

Signed: case, dial, movement and buckle

Box: no

Papers: no

Accessories: none

In 1997 Piaget produced an extremely limited number of wristwatches featuring a grande and a petite sonnerie striking thanks to the mastery of watchmaker François-Paul Journe. This was elegantly achieved through the creation of the ultra-thin 13 ligne calibre 1996P movement with a width of just 6.7 mm despite having more than 350 parts. The precision and beauty of the mechanism can be appreciated thanks to a sapphire crystal display back and the striking hammers are visible through the dial. To activate the different striking modes the watch has button pushers on the sides as well as indicators near the 10 position of the subsidiary seconds dial of the selected mode.


It is thought that only a handful of these watches were actually made despite the original plan of creating ten examples of the Gouverneur Grande Sonnerie model. The present lot is in remarkable condition and will provide further horological interest to any collection.