Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong,the Ritz Carlton Hotel,harbour Room, 3rd Floor, Nov 25, 2006

LOT 26

Platinum ?Souscription Set No. 180? Breguet, ?Souscription Set No. 180?, Ref. 3430 (the wristwatch) and Ref. 1819 (the pocket watch). Made in a small series in 1991 for Antiquorum?s Geneva auction ?The Art of Breguet? in April 1991. Extremely fine, rare and important set comprising a minute-repeating, astronomic, platinum gentleman?s wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, platinum Breguet buckle and a large, platinum, keyless, astronomic, self-winding pocket watch with instantaneous calendar, moon phases and power-reserve indication. Accompanied by a hazelnut root presentation cabinet with winding provision for the wristwatch.

The Wristwatch: C. Three-body, solid, polished, coin-edge band, straight lugs with gold-screwed bars, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Two-tone guilloché silvered gold with painted radial 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 graduation for the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases, secret signature. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. M. Cal. 567, rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? and ?oeil-de-perdrix? decoration, 30 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 12 mm. ?Montre Perpétuelle" The Pocket Watch: C. Three-body, "Empire,? solid, polished, stepped bezels, coin-edge band, transparent case back. D. Two-tone guilloché silvered gold with painted radial Roman numerals on a plain outer reserve, outer dot minute divisions, subsidiary ring dial for the seconds, subsidiary sectors for the age of the moon and the power reserve indication, apertures for the moon phases at 2 and the instantaneous date at 6. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. M. Cal. 51 mm (22???), frosted gilt, bridge caliber, wound by a half-ogival platinum (.960) weight with sapphire rollers to reduce friction, swinging on a pivoted curved arm for additional elasticity, two spring-loaded bumpers, Philippe slipping mainspring with over-winding prevention, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, "para-chute" shock absorber on both pivots, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 62 mm.