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CHRISTOPHE CLARET. AN UNUSUAL 18K WHITE GOLD AND TITANIUM LIMITED EDITION SEMI-SKELETONISED TOURBILLON WRISTWATCH

X-TREM-1 MODEL, CIRCA 2012

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CHRISTOPHE CLARET. AN UNUSUAL 18K WHITE GOLD AND TITANIUM LIMITED EDITION SEMI-SKELETONISED TOURBILLON WRISTWATCH
X-TREM-1 MODEL, CIRCA 2012
Movement: Manual
Dial: Semi-skeletonised
Case: 40 x 57 mm. (W x L)
With: Titanium Christophe Claret deployant clasp
Remark: No. 1/8, retail price approx. CHF 264,000

Special notice

Lot incorporates material from endangered species that is not for sale and is shown for display purposes only. The endangered species strap shown with the Lot is for display purposes only and is not for sale.Upon sale, the watch will not be supplied to a buyer outside Hong Kong with any watch strap.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

X-TREM-1 represents a major technical and aesthetic accomplishment: a flying tourbillon inclined at a 30° angle, mounted on a three-dimensional curvex titanium mainplate, equipped with a retrograde hours and minutes display system that is radically different from existing watchmaking conventions. Two tiny hollowed steel spheres, isolated within sapphire tubes on the left and right sides of the caseband magically move with no mechanical connection thanks to magnetic fields. The manually wound movement contains 419 parts and has a power reserve of about 50 hours.

Limited to only 8 examples ever produced, the present lot offers a very exciting opportunity for collectors.

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