Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, The Grand Havana Room, Sep 20, 2006

LOT 178

"Moon Phase" Breguet, Ref. 3137. Made in the 1990s. Very fine, astronomic, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with power-reserve indication, date, moon phases, age of the moon and an 18K yellow gold Breguet buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, reeded band, straight lugs with screwed gold bars, transparent case back, sapphire crystal. D. ?Guilloché? silver with painted radial Roman numerals on a plain reserve, subsidiary dial for the days of the month, graduations for the up-and-down indication and the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. M. Cal. 502, gilt, hand-engraved, 37 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shockabsorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, off-center skeletonized gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 8 mm.