Important Watches, Collector's Wristw...

Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Oct 13, 2001

LOT 702

Breguet, Swiss, Ref. 1539 A. Made in the 1990's.Very fine and important, astronomic, self-winding, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with 45 hours power reserve, perpetual and lunar calendar and moon phases, with leather strap and 18K white gold Breguet buckle. With fitted box and certificate and 18K white gold push-pin on a chain.

C. three-body, "Empire", solid, polished, rounded bezel, reeded band, partly "guilloché" back, straight lugs, white gold screwed bars, sapphire-set winding-crown, sapphire crystal. D. solid gold, hand "guilloché", silver-plated with painted radial Roman numerals, auxiliary dials with painted Arabic numeral on plain reserve for the date, days of the week, the months, the leap year, sector for age of the moon and the up-and-down indication, aperture for the moon phases. "Breguet" blued steel handsM. No. 1665, 13''' rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 38 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, 5 adjustments, shock-absorber, self compensating flat balance-spring, 21K gold rotor.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm.