Lot 2527
2527
CHRISTOPHE CLARET. AN UNUSUAL AND VERY RARE 18K WHITE GOLD AND TITANIUM LIMITED EDITION SEMI-SKELETONISED FLYING TOURBILLON INCLINED AT 30° WRISTWATCH WITH MAGNETICALLY FLOATING SPHERE RETROGRADE HOURS AND MINUTES
CHRISTOPHE CLARET. AN UNUSUAL AND VERY RARE 18K WHITE GOLD AND TITANIUM LIMITED EDITION SEMI-SKELETONISED FLYING TOURBILLON INCLINED AT 30° WRISTWATCH WITH MAGNETICALLY FLOATING SPHERE RETROGRADE HOURS AND MINUTES
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CHRISTOPHE CLARET. AN UNUSUAL AND VERY RARE 18K WHITE GOLD AND TITANIUM LIMITED EDITION SEMI-SKELETONISED FLYING TOURBILLON INCLINED AT 30° WRISTWATCH WITH MAGNETICALLY FLOATING SPHERE RETROGRADE HOURS AND MINUTES

X-TREM-1 MODEL, CASE NO. 1⁄8 AND TI012FLY11

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CHRISTOPHE CLARET. AN UNUSUAL AND VERY RARE 18K WHITE GOLD AND TITANIUM LIMITED EDITION SEMI-SKELETONISED FLYING TOURBILLON INCLINED AT 30° WRISTWATCH WITH MAGNETICALLY FLOATING SPHERE RETROGRADE HOURS AND MINUTES
X-TREM-1 MODEL, CASE NO. 1⁄8 AND TI012FLY11
Movement: Manual
Dial: Semi-skeletonised, two steel sphere, with no mechanical connection, representing the retrograde hours and minutes within two sapphire tubes controlled by precision magnetic fields generated by two miniature magnets moved by cables
Case: 40 x 53 mm. (W x L)
With: Titanium Christophe Claret deployant clasp
Remark: No. 1⁄8; last known retail price is 340,000 EUROS

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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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