Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 05, 2007

LOT 385

Quantième Perpétuel Breguet, "Quantième Perpétuel", No. 945, Ref. 3310. Made in the 1990s. Very fine, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with perpetual and lunar calendar, moon phases, 45 hour-power reserve sector and an 18K yellow gold Breguet buckle.

USD 25,000 - 30,000

EUR 17,000 - 20,000

Sold: USD 28,320

C. Three-body, solid, polished, reeded band, straight lugs, gold screwed bars, sapphire crystal. D. Guilloche silver with painted radial Roman numerals on a plain outer reserve, subsidiary dials for the days of the month, of the week, the months and leap year, graduation for the age of the moon between 1 and 2 and the up-and-down indication at 11, aperture for the moon phases. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Cal. 502, rhodium-plated, fausses côtes decoration, 38 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, 21K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 8 mm. Property of Various Owners


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Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 2

Very good
Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

What is a Perpetual Calendar? A perpetual calendar is a calendar mechanism which, unlike a simple calendar, automatically adjusts to the correct day of the month by accounting for the varying durations of each month, as well as self-correcting for the 29th of February during leap years.

Audemars Piguet are said to have been the first to produce wristwatches with perpetual calendar and moon phases, in 1924. In 1925, Patek Philippe modified a lady?s pendant watch with perpetual calendar to produce the world?s first instantaneous changing perpetual calendar wristwatch with leap year indication.