Girard-Perregaux - Vintage 1945 Tourbillon with three gold Bridges.

Tuesday 04 October, 2011 - 09:50 AM EDT

Girard-Perregaux - Vintage 1945 Tourbillon with three gold Bridges.

Limited Edition in White Gold

Girard-Perregaux - Vintage 1945 Tourbillon

Girard-Perregaux presents a limited edition of only fifty pieces of the classc Vintage 1945 Collection. This time around, the watch is a monochrome assembly in white gold and it defines Haute Horlorgie with its three arrow-shaped bridges that allow the movement to be seen.

The automatic movement of this Vintage 1945 Girard-Perregaux is powered by the 9600C house movement, and the Tourbillon complication is made of 72 components that are perfectly assembled within a diameter of 12 millimetres. This limited edition timepiece of only 50 numbered pieces is presented in a white gold case and a black hand-sewn alligator strap.

Technical Details:

White Gold Case
Diameter: 36.10 mm x 35.25 mm
Glass: anti-reflective sapphire
Case-back: secured by four screws, anti-reflective sapphire glass
Water-resistance: 30 metres
Hand-engraved individual numbering

Girard-Perregaux 9600C movement
Automatic winding mechanism with platinum micro-rotor mounted on the barrel arbor, Girard-Perregaux patent
Functions:    hours, minutes, small seconds on the Tourbillon
Dimensions:    28.60 mm x 30.30 mm
Total thickness:    6.25 mm
Frequency:    21,600 vibrations/hour (3 Hz)
Jewels:    31
Power reserve:    minimum 48 hours

Details of components
Total number:    257
Balance wheel:    variable inertia with gold regulating screws (diameter 8.35 mm)
Balance spring:    Breguet, Philips terminal curve
Plate:    rhodium-plated, vertical guilloche above, circular-grained below, hand-polished bevelling
Barrel:    cover with engraving and circular guilloche, circular-grained below
Gold Bridge:    - barrel, centre and tourbillon bridges rhodium-plated gold, hand-polished bevelling, satin-finish top and rim
- 6 countersunk screws per bridge, hand-polished finish with bevelled rim and slot
- 4 dome-headed cylindrical pins per bridge, hand-polished finish
Gear-train bridge:    hand-polished chamfering and recesses, vertical guilloche
Identity plates:    - pink gold, rhodium-plated
    - drawn-out finish, hand-bevelled and engraved with the movement’s number and reference
Tourbillon:     - 72 components, total weight 0.3 grams
-    one rotation per minute
-    upper and lower carriages bevelled and polished by hand
-    carriage balanced with gold regulating screws
-    escapement and anchor bridges bevelled and polished by hand

Black, Hand-Sewn Alligator-Skin Strap
Folding clasp in white gold

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