Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 05, 2007

LOT 184

Yellow Gold Tourbillon Squelette Breguet, "Tourbillon Squelette", Ref. 3355. Made circa 1994. Very fine and rare, skeletonized and hand-engraved, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator and a platinum Breguet deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original box and a loupe.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, straight lugs, gold screwed bars, reeded band, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Transparent with painted radial Roman numerals and indexes on an off-center ring dial at 12 for the hours and minutes, at 6 the visible tourbillon cage under a hand-engraved steel bridge bearing a 3-spoke blued steel seconds hand for the seconds sector. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Cal. 13''', gilt brass, skeletonized and hand-engraved, 21 jewels, lateral lever escapement with tourbillon regulator and polished steel cage with 3 equidistant arms, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 9 mm. Property of a West Coast Collector