Live Auction 14720Important Watches & an Evening of Vintage Wristwatches
BREGUET. AN EXTREMELY FINE SOUSCRIPTION SET OF 18K GOLD WATCHES COMPRISING OF A MINUTE REPEATING PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH AND AN AUTOMATIC OPENFACE KEYLESS LEVER WATCH WITH INSTANTANEOUS CALENDAR, POWER RESERVE AND MOON PHASES
Lot 2314 PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

BREGUET. AN EXTREMELY FINE SOUSCRIPTION SET OF 18K GOLD WATCHES COMPRISING OF A MINUTE REPEATING PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH AND AN AUTOMATIC OPENFACE KEYLESS LEVER WATCH WITH INSTANTANEOUS CALENDAR, POWER RESERVE AND MOON PHASES

SIGNED BREGUET, NO.288, REF. 3430 WRISTWATCH, REF.1890 POCKET WATCH, CIRCA 1994

Closed27 November 2017

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BREGUET. AN EXTREMELY FINE SOUSCRIPTION SET OF 18K GOLD WATCHES COMPRISING OF A MINUTE REPEATING PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH AND AN AUTOMATIC OPENFACE KEYLESS LEVER WATCH WITH INSTANTANEOUS CALENDAR, POWER RESERVE AND MOON PHASES
SIGNED BREGUET, NO.288, REF. 3430 WRISTWATCH, REF.1890 POCKET WATCH, CIRCA 1994
Movement: Cal. 567, manual, 30 jewels and cal. 90 22”, automatic, 28 jewels, signed
Dial: Both guilloche engraved, secret signatures, signed
Case: Both snap on glazed back, 37 mm. and 62 mm. diam., signed
With: Individual Breguet Certificats for the wristwatch and pocket watch both dated 23 June 1992, individual Breguet Certificat d’Origine et de Garanties for the wristwatch and pocket watch dated 28 January 1993, product literature, instruction booklet,
Breguet fitted polished walnut casket lined in paisley pattern fabric and equipped with an electrical winding facility for the wristwatch, additionally an 18k gold setting pin, 18k gold screw driver, 18k gold magnifying glass, polish stick, 18k gold watch chain

Specialist note

Breguet Souscription sets were made in a limited series of 300 examples, available in pink, white or yellow gold or platinum.

The unique idea of the Souscription watch was first conceived by Abraham Louis Breguet in 1794 during the French Revolution as a method to remain financially stable. A buyer could make a down payment of 25 percent for a watch of a limited series, with the balance due upon delivery. In this manner, Breguet watches became more accessible and the payments in advance helped finance the development of other projects.

The pocket watch accompanying the set is a replication of Breguet's perpetuelle watch invented in 1791.