Vacheron & Constantin. A fine and rare platinum limited edition one minute tourbillon wristwatch with up and down indicator

SIGNED VACHERON & CONSTANTIN, GENÈVE, TOURBILLON NO. 87, CIRCA 1994

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Vacheron & Constantin. A fine and rare platinum limited edition one minute tourbillon wristwatch with up and down indicator
Signed Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, Tourbillon No. 87, circa 1994
With skeletonized three quarter plate double barrel nickel-finished lever movement, 28 jewels, the three-armed one minute tourbillon carriage with monometallic balance, exposed through a clear back and a window in the dial, the engine-turned 18K white gold dial with applied white gold Roman and dagger numerals, white gold dauphine hands, arch-shaped up and down indicator, the tourbillon window calibrated for constant seconds indicated by a white gold hand attached to the tourbillon carriage, the heavy circular case with glazed back, together with a platinum Vacheron & Constantin buckle, Vacheron & Constantin Certificate of Origin, information about the tourbillon movement, original fitted wooden presentation box and outer packaging, case, dial and movement signed
38 mm. diam.

Lot Essay

This model was produced in a limited edition of 300 pieces, mostly in yellow gold and only very few in platinum.

The "tourbillon" was invented in 1795 by the famous watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet. Its purpose was, he wrote, "to remove through compensation the errors due to positional differences in the centers of gravity".

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