Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 05, 2007

LOT 180

Moon Phases Breguet, "Moon Phases", No. 4299. Made in the 1990s. Very fine, astronomic, 18K yellow gold mid-size wristwatch with moon phases and an 18K yellow gold Breguet buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, reeded band, straight lugs with screwed gold bars, cabochon sapphire-set winding crown, sapphire crystal. D. Guilloche silvered gold with painted radial Roman numerals on a plain reserve, subsidiary seconds dial, aperture for the moon phases at 10. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Cal. 818/4, rhodiumplated, fausses côtes decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 7 mm. Property of Various Owners