Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 07, 2011

LOT 399

GIRARD-PERREGAUX ?LA LAUREATO? TOURBILLON UNDER THREE GOLDEN BRIDGES Girard-Perregaux, La-Chaux-de-Fonds, Tourbillon Under Three Golden Bridges, A No. 02, Ref. 9907. Made in 2000. Extremely fine, very rare and important, stainless steel wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator under three 18K pink gold bridges and a stainless steel Girard-Perregaux link bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by the Certificate of Authenticity.

USD 35,000 - 55,000

CHF 30,000 - 48,000 / EUR 25,000 - 40,000

Sold: USD 47,500

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, case back with 6 screws, octagon-shaped screw-down bezel, sapphire crystal. D. Transparent with luminous dots on an outer ring. Luminous blued steel lozenge hands. M. Cal. 9900, rhodium-plated, guilloche and oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 3 polished pink gold bridges, 20 jewels, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator, tourbillon carriage of the type designed by Ernest Guinand, monometallic balance adjusted to 6 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 11 mm. Approx. overall length 190 mm.


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Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 1

As new
Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

The present lot combines Girard Perregaux's sport Laureato line with the elegance of the Three Golden Bridges movement, the Caliber 9900. The 9900 has been fi tted into several models, however the combination of a sport model, in a completely stainless steel case, and the tourbillon make this current example of the Three Golden Bridges extremely rare. The watch is number 2 of only 19 made in the late 1990's and into 2000.