The Collection of a European Nobleman

Geneva, May 11, 2008

LOT 280

Heritage Chronographe Breguet, "Heritage Chronographe", No. 5125, Ref. 5460. Sold on July 25, 2007. Very fine, tonneau-shaped and curved, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with olive shaped button chronograph, registers, date and an 18K yellow gold Breguet deployant clasp. Accompanied by a Certificate of Origin and instructions.

C. "Empire", three-body, solid, polished, rounded bezel, reeded band, straight and curved lugs, 18K yellow gold screwed bars, back with 8 screws, "bombé" sapphire crystal. D. Solid 18K gold, hand-guilloché and silver-plated with painted radial Roman numerals on a plain outer reserve, secret Breguet signature, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer ring for the 1/5th second graduation, aperture for the date. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Cal. 550, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 38 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, 18K guillloché gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 32 x 49 mm. Thickness 11 mm.