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Greubel Forsey
Balancier Contemporain
A virtually new and technically masterful limited edition white gold wristwatch with power reserve, exposed balance wheel, numbered 5 of 33, with certificate and presentation box
Full-Cataloguing
• Number 5 of a limited series of 33 pieces
• Fresh-to-the-market from the original owner
• Virtually new condition with factory stickers (temporarily removed for photography)
• Now discontinued reference
With the introduction of the Balancier Contemporain at SIHH 2019, the manufacture overcame the challenge of bringing the enormity of their ideas into the compact size of their smallest case yet. The 39.6mm case size is the brand’s smallest, since the Signature 1 at 41.3mm executed in 2017. It is Greubel Forsey’s take on a “time only” watch, but executed to the highest standards of creative and technical excellence.
Within the highly wearable white gold case, the pièce de résistance is the oversized, in-house balance wheel and balance bridge measuring 12.6mm. The dial is multi-layered, with each level featuring a different finishing technique that contrast and yet harmonize perfectly. The focus of the dial side, the exposed balance wheel and bridge, is encapsulated in a chamber of sorts that is mirror-finished, two layers of finely frosted plates, and the hour track is finely grain-finished while the seconds track is satin-finished. The edges of each part of the dial are hand-beveled, as is the axis holding the balance wheel. On the reverse, the movement is hidden through main plates rendered in frosted titanium and etched with words that speak to Greubel Forsey’s watchmaking ethos.
Every element of the watch, technical or aesthetic, has been given the utmost consideration and executed lavishly and passionately, and the outcome is possibly the most desirable, wearable, and exquisite Greubel Forsey available. Numbered 5 of 33 pieces, it comes from the collection of the original owner, in virtually new condition, with factory stickers and all its original accessories. The Balancier Contemporain was discontinued in 2025.
Greubel Forsey
Swiss | 2004With the introduction of the Double Tourbillon 30 at Basel World in 2004, Robert Greubel and Stephen Forsey became major players in the world of haute horology and independent watchmaking. Their firm concentrates on high-end complicated movements with precision timekeeping and the highest quality hand finishing. They achieve this with movements featuring multiple tourbillons and inclined balance wheels — tourbillons designed for wristwatches. Forsey joined Greubel's team at Renaud & Papi SA, a high-complication specialist now part of Audemars Piguet. The team participated with Harry Winston and their Opus 6 project. In the span of 12 years, the firm has become highly sought-after by collectors for their innovative timekeeping and industrial design.