PHILIPPE DUFOUR. AN EXCEEDINGLY FINE, HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT AND UNIQUE 18K YELLOW GOLD MINUTE REPEATING GRANDE AND PETITE SONNERIE STRIKING WRISTWATCH WITH ENAMEL DIAL - photo 1
PHILIPPE DUFOUR. AN EXCEEDINGLY FINE, HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT AND UNIQUE 18K YELLOW GOLD MINUTE REPEATING GRANDE AND PETITE SONNERIE STRIKING WRISTWATCH WITH ENAMEL DIAL - photo 2
PHILIPPE DUFOUR. AN EXCEEDINGLY FINE, HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT AND UNIQUE 18K YELLOW GOLD MINUTE REPEATING GRANDE AND PETITE SONNERIE STRIKING WRISTWATCH WITH ENAMEL DIAL - photo 3
PHILIPPE DUFOUR. AN EXCEEDINGLY FINE, HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT AND UNIQUE 18K YELLOW GOLD MINUTE REPEATING GRANDE AND PETITE SONNERIE STRIKING WRISTWATCH WITH ENAMEL DIAL - photo 4
PHILIPPE DUFOUR. AN EXCEEDINGLY FINE, HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT AND UNIQUE 18K YELLOW GOLD MINUTE REPEATING GRANDE AND PETITE SONNERIE STRIKING WRISTWATCH WITH ENAMEL DIAL - photo 5
PHILIPPE DUFOUR. AN EXCEEDINGLY FINE, HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT AND UNIQUE 18K YELLOW GOLD MINUTE REPEATING GRANDE AND PETITE SONNERIE STRIKING WRISTWATCH WITH ENAMEL DIAL - photo 6

PHILIPPE DUFOUR. AN EXCEEDINGLY FINE, HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT AND UNIQUE 18K YELLOW GOLD MINUTE REPEATING GRANDE AND PETITE SONNERIE STRIKING WRISTWATCH WITH ENAMEL DIAL

Lot 2096
06.11.2023 10:00UTC +01:00
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CHF 5 127 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationSwitzerland, Geneva
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Lot 2096 | PHILIPPE DUFOUR. AN EXCEEDINGLY FINE, HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT AND UNIQUE 18K YELLOW GOLD MINUTE REPEATING GRANDE AND PETITE SONNERIE STRIKING WRISTWATCH WITH ENAMEL DIAL
Estimate value
CHF 4 000 000 – 6 000 000
PHILIPPE DUFOUR. AN EXCEEDINGLY FINE, HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT AND UNIQUE 18K YELLOW GOLD MINUTE REPEATING GRANDE AND PETITE SONNERIE STRIKING WRISTWATCH WITH ENAMEL DIAL

SIGNED PHILIPPE DUFOUR, GRANDE AND PETITE SONNERIE MINUTE REPEATER MODEL, NO. 1, COMPLETED IN 1992

Movement: Manual, bi-directional tandem winding, striking and repeating with two hammers on two gongs

Dial: White enamel

Case: 41 mm. diam., hinged back, selection slides for Hours & Quarters / Quarters Only and Strike / Silent in the band, co-axial minute repeating button in the crown

With: 18k gold buckle

Remark: Philippe Dufour’s first wristwatch and the first wristwatch ever made with a Grande & Petite Sonnerie minute repeating movement





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Manufactur:Philippe Dufour
Applied technique:Sonnerie
Medium:Gold
Art style:Modern art
Auction house category:Men's wristwatches
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