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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, May 13, 2007

LOT 407

"Platinum No.1" Breguet, Horloger de la Marine, No. 1, Ref. 1128. Made in 1992. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, date and a platinum Breguet bukle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, straight lugs, ridged band, case back secured by 6 screws, platinum screwed bars, protected winding crown, sapphire crystal. D. ?Guilloche? silver with painted radial Roman numerals on a plain reserve, outer minute and 1/5th seconds divisions, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers, aperture for the date at 6. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. M. Cal. 576, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" and "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 37 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35.5 mm. Thickness 10 mm.