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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Nov 12, 2006

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Yellow Gold Classique ?La Tradition Breguet? Breguet, ?3515?, case No. 3515T, Ref. 7027. Sold in November 2005. Very fine, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman`s wristwatch with a visible ?Souscription? design caliber with power reserve indication on the front and the back of the movement and an 18K yellow gold Breguet buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and a certificate.

CHF 20,000 - 25,000

EUR 13,000 - 16,000 / USD 16,000 - 20,000

Sold: CHF 25,960

C. Three-body, solid, polished, reeded band, rounded bezel, gold screwed bars, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Off-center, hand-guilloche, two-tone silver with radial Roman numerals, retrograde power reserve indication at 11 o´clock. Blued steel ?Breguet? hands. M. Cal. 507 DR, ?Souscription? shaped, sand-blasted surface finish, 34 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance with four regulating screws, ?parachute? absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Property of a Hong Kong Collector Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 12 mm.


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Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 1

As new
Movement: 1

As new
Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

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In this remarkable wristwatch, inspired by Abraham-Louis Breguet?s ?souscription? watches of circa 1795, Nicolas G. Hayek and the designers of the Breguet firm had the courage and vision to adapt the characteristics of Breguet?s original watch - going so far as to reproduce the elastic suspension of the balance and the movement design -- to the requirements of a modern wristwatch, with the added feature of the power reserve.