Girard-Perregaux Three Bridges Tourbillon 9906

GIRARD-PERREGAUX, REF. 9906, A FINE AUTOMATIC PLATINUM THREE BRIDGES TOURBILLON WRISTWATCH, CASE NUMBER: 9 | Christie’s

CIRCA: 2000s CASE MATERIAL: Platinum STRAP: Grey CROCODILE leather strap DIAMETER: 38 mm. DIAL: Skeleton MOVEMENT: Cal. 9600S, automatic, 31 jewels, tourbillon escapement FUNCTIONS: Time only BUCKLE: Girard-Perregaux 18k white gold pin buckle WITH: Undated Certificate of Authenticity, product literature, presentation box and outer packaging Ψ The present lot has an endangered species strap which will not be shipped outside of the UAE. However, the strap can be collected from the sale office in Dubai. Contact a specialist for more information. Girard-Perregaux’s first tourbillon movement featuring three gold bridges was patented in 1884 by one of the firm’s founder, Constant Girard. A unique innovation in the history of watchmaking, up till today, the design still represents the perfect aesthetical, technical and symbolical combination, proven by the fact that at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1889, Girard’s tourbillon with three gold bridges was awarded a highly appropriate gold medal. Nearly 200 years later - in 1986 - the firm’s Research and Development Department was mandated with the creation of the wristwatch version of the tourbillon with three gold bridges to celebrate Girard-Perregaux’s bicentenary in 1991. The challenge of miniaturizing the pocket watch movement and to inverse its construction by positioning the gold bridges on the dial side was perfectly mastered and crowned by the launch of the celebrated “Tourbillon Sous Trois Ponts d’or” wristwatch.