Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po...

New York, Mar 15, 2006

LOT 260

Breguet, "Tourbillon ", No. 4178, Ref. 5307. Made circa 2000. Very fine and rare, large, skeletonized, self-winding, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator, regulator dial and a platinum Breguet deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, reeded case band, straight lugs with gold screwed bars, transparent case back to view the movement, sapphire crystals. D. Silvered gold, "guilloché", off-center hour dial with painted radial Roman numerals at 12, central minute indication, at 6 aperture for the visible tourbillon cage under a polished steel bridge, carrying the blued steel seconds hand. M. Cal. 587, rhodiumplated, entirely hand-engraved and signed "Breguet Nr. 177 - 7 Messidor An 9", 31 jewels, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator with 3 equidistant polished steel arms, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm.