Girard-Perregaux - Phillips Watches Online Auction: The Hong Kong Sessions, Fall 2024 Hong Kong Friday, September 20, 2024 | Phillips
  • Condition Report

  • Manufacturer: Girard-Perregaux
    Year: Circa 2000s
    Reference No: 9700
    Movement No: No. 3
    Case No: No. 3
    Model Name: Tourbillon sous trois Ponts d’or
    Material: 18K pink gold
    Calibre: Manual, cal. T3P
    Bracelet/Strap: Leather
    Clasp/Buckle: 18K pink gold Girard-Perregaux deployant clasp
    Dimensions: 31mm diameter
    Signed: Case, dial, movement and clasp signed

  • Catalogue Essay

    - When the name Girard-Perregaux appears, most collectors would almost immediately picture a wristwatch with “Three Golden Bridges”. Holding a special place in the history of watchmaking, a watch with three bridges with a tourbillon won the chronometry prize at the Neuchâtel Observatory in 1867.

    - Since then, the iconic three bridges became the staple for Girard-Perregaux. Though most may think that the bridges were implemented for aesthetical purposes, it is believed that the design and construction of the three bridges were implemented to ensure a higher level of accuracy for the tourbillon.

    - Fast forward to the 20th century, the “Three Golden Bridges” remain as an iconic trait in Girard-Perregaux timepieces often proudly displayed and implemented in the movement. The present ref. 9700 in 31mm diameter is a rare and charming example of the monumental featuring a pink gold case.

    - With a semi-skeletonized guilloché dial, the three bridges securing the barrel, hands and tourbillon escapement is with no doubt a pleasing sight to behold enabling a perfectly symmetrical layout of the dial and movement architecture.

    - Numbered 3 on both the movement and caseback, the present example from circa 2000s is presented in attractive overall condition.

8065

Ref. 9700
A rare, unusual and attractive pink gold tourbillon wristwatch with three gold bridges movement

Circa 2000s
31mm diameter
Case, dial, movement and clasp signed

Estimate
HK$160,000 - 320,000 
€18,500-37,000
$20,500-41,000

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Phillips Watches Online Auction: The Hong Kong Sessions, Fall 2024

20 - 27 September 2024