As promised on Friday, here are the high resolution photographs of what was to me, the highlight of the show. The historically important Esmeralda, a wonderfully decorated, beautifully restored pocket watch tourbillon with three golden bridges.
Historically important Girard Perregaux Pocket Watch with Three Golden Bridges
And to give a flavour and spice to the Esmeralda, GP makes a pocket watch with the three golden bridges as a special limitation…approximately one a year (actually less) since 1980. This is number 14 of this interpretation of the original Esmeralda, and is so beautiful.
The movement side
This is a very deep stack of some 12 images, stacked with Helicon Focus.
And a detail of the tourbillon bridge, showing the beautifully polished tourbillon cage and the beaming jewels:
