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Lot 56 The Property of the Original Owner
Breguet. A very fine and rare 18K pink gold skeletonized tourbillon wristwatch with original certificate and box
Signed Breguet, Classique Complications model, brevet du 7 messidor an 9, Ref. 3355, movement no. 736, case no. 2404 I, circa 2000
Closed14 November 2016
Price Realised
CHF 47,500
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Specialist note
The present watch was purchased by its actual owner in 2000 and is preserved in very good, original overall condition. It is from Breguet's "Grandes Complications" series and features three of the master's innumerable inventions: the tourbillon, the Breguet hands and the Breguet balance spring.
On 10 November 1801, horological legend Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747-1823) received a patent for his ingenious tourbillon invention. Breguet designed the tourbillon (or whirlwind) to compensate for fluctuations and errors in time measurement caused by the position a watch is placed in. For example, watches with traditional movements may keep excellent time when resting on a desk horizontally, but when that same watch is placed vertically in a pocket, gravity affects the frequency or rate of the escapement and thus its accuracy.
On 10 November 1801, horological legend Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747-1823) received a patent for his ingenious tourbillon invention. Breguet designed the tourbillon (or whirlwind) to compensate for fluctuations and errors in time measurement caused by the position a watch is placed in. For example, watches with traditional movements may keep excellent time when resting on a desk horizontally, but when that same watch is placed vertically in a pocket, gravity affects the frequency or rate of the escapement and thus its accuracy.