Christophe Claret

Tourbillon de la Roche 'Piece Unique' | A unique pink gold, diamond and ruby-set skeletonized tourbillon wristwatch, Made in 2005

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June 15, 05:21 PM GMT

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30,000 - 60,000 USD

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Property of a Distinguished Private Collector

Christophe Claret

Tourbillon de la Roche 'Piece Unique'

A unique pink gold, diamond and ruby-set skeletonized tourbillon wristwatch, Made in 2005

Christophe Claret Tourbillon de la Roche 'Piece Unique'

獨一無二粉紅金鑲鑽石及紅寶石鏤空陀飛輪腕錶，2005年製

Dial: 18k pink gold pierced and engraved skeletonized, diamond and ruby-set indexes

Caliber: cal. CCR97 mechanical, 19 jewels

Case: 18k pink gold, chaised case back with open aperture secured by six screws

Closure: 18k pink gold buckle

Size: 41 mm diameter

Signed: case, dial and movement

Box: yes

Papers: no

Accessories: Christophe Claret presentation box with outer packaging

Christophe Claret is a specialist maker of high complication watches, particularly Tourbillons, repeaters, chronographs, splits and perpetual calendars. Claret launched his own company in 1986 and began delivering exclusive movements and watches for other high-end brands over the following years. In 1987, Ulysse Nardin became the first major client with an order for 20-minute repeater movements. Other clients have included Breguet, Cartier, Chopard, Corum, de Grisogono, Franck Muller, Girard-Perregaux, Harry Winston, and Parmigiani.

In 2003 Christophe Claret, together with Thierry Oulevay, who had previously worked at Piaget and Bovet, founded the watch manufacturer Jean Dunand.

Claret himself has been called on by other “super manufacturers”, to deliver for example the Harry Winston Opus 4 in 2004 and co-creating the Maître du Temps Chapter One tourbillon with Roger Dubuis and Peter Speake-Marin In 2008.