Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

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

LOT 568

Yellow Gold "Jubilé" Breguet, "Jubilé", No. 624, Ref. 1747. Made in a limited edition of 300 pieces for the 250th anniversary of Abraham- Louis Breguet in 1997 and sold in February 2000. Very fine and rare, self-winding, waterresistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with regulator dial, date and an 18K yellow gold Breguet buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, a magnifying glass and certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, partly guilloché decorated case back, on a plain gold ring the names of the most famous royal and aristocratic clients of Abraham-Louis Breguet, coin-edge band, straight lugs, gold screwed bars, sapphire crystal. D. Guilloché silver with outer minute graduation on a plain reserve and 10 minute graduation in painted Arabic numerals on 5 cartouches, subsidiary hour plain ring dial with painted radial Roman numerals, aperture for the date. Under the 12, the Breguet medallion with "1747-1997" and the number. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. M. Cal. 591 with double barrel, rhodiumplated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, guilloché gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 7 mm. Property of a Japanese Gentleman