Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 07, 2005

LOT 17

?Ref 3580? Breguet, No. 1279, Ref. 3580. Made in the 1990?s. Very fine, astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with power reserve, phases and age of the moon and an 18K yellow gold Breguet buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, reeded band, straight lugs with screwed gold bars, sapphire crystal. D. Guilloché silver with painted radial Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds dial, power reserve sector at XI, aperture for the moon phase and age of the moon scale. Blued steel ?Breguet? hands. M. Cal. 818/8, rhodium- plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 21 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 8 mm.