Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

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

LOT 348

?Platinum and Pink Gold Tourbillon No. 1? Breguet, ?Tourbillon No. 1?, No. 427E, Ref. 3450. Made in 1993. Very fine and rare platinum and pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator, leather strap and an 18K white gold Breguet buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box.

C. Three-body, bicolor, polished, reeded band surrounded by two pink gold rims, transparent back, platinum case, straight lugs, sapphire crystals. D. "Guilloché" silver with painted black radial Roman numerals on an off-center plain reserve showing the Breguet secret signature, visible tourbillon cage on the 6. Blued steel ?Breguet? hands. M. Cal. 558, hand engraved together with the inscription "Brevet du 7 Messidor An 9", 21 jewels, lateral lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 6 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 9 mm.