Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po...

New York, Mar 15, 2006

LOT 208

Breguet, "Quantième Perpétuel", No. 945, Ref. 3310. Made in the 1990s. Very fine, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual and lunar calendar, moon phases, 45 hours power-reserve sector and an 18K yellow gold Breguet buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, reeded band, straight lugs, gold screwed bars, sapphire crystal. D. ?Guilloché? silver with painted radial Roman numerals on a plain outer reserve, subsidiary dials for the days of the month, of the week, the months, the leap year, graduation for the age of the moon between 1 and 2 and the up-and-down indication at 11, aperture for the moon phases. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. M. Cal. 502, rhodiumplated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 37 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, 21K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness: 8 mm.