Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong, Apr 23, 2006

LOT 276

?Perpetual Calendar? Breguet, "Quantième Perpétuel,? No. 3515. Made in the 1990s. Very fine, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, age and phases of the moon, leap year indication, 45-hour power reserve and a 18K yellow gold Breguet buckle. Accompanied by an 18K yellow gold pushpin on a chain.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, reeded band, straight lugs, gold screwed bars, cabochon sapphire-set winding-crown, transparent case back, flat sapphire crystals. D. "Guilloché" silver with painted Roman numerals on a plain outer reserve, subsidiary silver ring dials for the days of the month, of the week, the months, the leap year, sector graduations for the age of the moon at 1 and the up-and-down indication at 11, aperture for the moon phases. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. M. Cal. 502.3, engraved gilt brass, 37 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, 21K engraved gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness: 8,5 mm.