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Breguet. A Fine and Rare 18k White Gold Wandering Hour Keyless Lever Pocket Watch with Presentation Box
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Breguet. A Fine and Rare 18k White Gold Wandering Hour Keyless Lever Pocket Watch with Presentation Box

SIGNED BREGUET, BREVET S.G.D.G, FRANCE, MOVEMENT AND CASE NO. 2182, CIRCA 1935

Closed9 December 2014

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Breguet. A Fine and Rare 18k White Gold Wandering Hour Keyless Lever Pocket Watch with Presentation Box
Signed Breguet, Brevet S.G.D.G, France, Movement and Case No. 2182, Circa 1935
Nickel-finished lever movement, 18 jewels, bimetallic compensation balance, silvered matted dial, wandering central disc with engine-turned gilt arrow, aperture for the jumping Arabic hours, outer chapter ring with gilt triangular and lozenge numerals, polished circular case, snap on back, dial and movement signed and numbered, case numbered B2182, with French assay marks
45mm diam.

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Accompanied by a brown suede Breguet presentation box.

The wandering hour dial first appeared in the 17th century. In the 1920s and 1930s Breguet sold wandering hour watches with the system patented by the Swiss watchmaker Robert Cart around 1925.

A similar watch is illustrated in Breguet - Watchmakers Since 1775 by Emmanuel Breguet, p. 316.