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Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Oct 13, 2001

LOT 708

Breguet, No 1414 G, Ref. 3637 BA. Produced in the 1990's.Very fine and important, minute-repeating, 24 hours indication, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with leather strap and 18K pink Breguet buckle.

CHF 65,000 - 80,000

USD 40,000 - 49,000

C. three-body, solid, polished, transparent case back, ridged band, straight lugs, gold screwed bars, sapphire crystal. D. "guilloché" silver with painted radial Roman numerals on a plain reserve, auxiliary dials for the seconds and the 24 hours. "Breguet" blued steel hands. M. Cal. 567, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 30 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, 5 adjustments, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator, repeatig on gongs by means of a slide on the band.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm.


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Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3 - 5 - 01

Notes

Ref. 3970 and 3971 (the following two lots)When Patek Philippe first launched this new series of watches in 1986, Ref. 3970 was the model bearing a metallic snap-on back while Ref. 3971 was equipped with a screwed-down sapphire back. Very quickly, the reference number of this model was standardized to Ref. 3970, and was offered with a choice of either one or two screwed-down backs; one of these backs could be a screwed-down metallic back, while the second, (optional), a sapphire crystal back. Consequently, very few watches bear the Ref.971.