BREGUET, BREVET DU 7 MESSIDOR AN 9

PLATINUM MANUALLY-WOUND TOURBILLON WRISTWATCH WITH POWER RESERVE AND RETROGRADE 24-HOUR INDICATION
Lot 2907

BREGUET, BREVET DU 7 MESSIDOR AN 9 PLATINUM MANUALLY-WOUND TOURBILLON WRISTWATCH WITH POWER RESERVE AND RETROGRADE 24-HOUR INDICATION

NO. 620 N, REF. 3657, CIRCA 2000

Closed2 June 2010

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HKD 524,000

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BREGUET, BREVET DU 7 MESSIDOR AN 9

PLATINUM MANUALLY-WOUND TOURBILLON WRISTWATCH WITH POWER RESERVE AND RETROGRADE 24-HOUR INDICATION
NO. 620 N, REF. 3657, CIRCA 2000

Calibre 560.1, finely engraved with scrolls, 24 jewels, visible tourbillon regulator, guilloched silvered dial, off-centred time display with Roman chapter ring, two fan-form sectors for 55-hour power reserve and retrograde 24-hour indicator, three-part case, milled band, snap on transparent case back, platinum Breguet deployant buckle, case, dial and movement signed,
Diameter: 40 mm.

Specialist note

US$ 40,000-60,000
EUR 30,400-45,500

With Breguet presentation box, certificate and product literature.
One of the most historic brands in the world, Breguet is known by many as the Watchmaker to Kings. It was Breguet who first invented and patented the tourbillon in 1801, as a way of ensuring that the movement rate of pocket watches would not be affected by gravity. This present lot evinces much of the Breguet signature style - the blued steel hands, guilloche engine-turned dial, fluted case band and the chapter ring with numerals.