Important Collectors Watches, Pocket ...

New York, Jun 18, 2008

LOT 195

Breguet, ?Souscription No. 34/300?. Sold on Dec. 24th, 1992. Made in a limited edition of 300 sets in the early 1990?s. Extremely fine, rare and important set of two Souscription watches: an 18K yellow gold minute-repeating wristwatch with perpetual calendar, phases and age of the moon, leap year indication and yellow 18K gold Breguet buckle, and an 18K yellow gold, self-winding ?perpetuelle? pocket watch with power reserve, instantaneous calendar, phases and age of the moon. Accompanied by a certificate and special fitted box (non matching). The Wristwatch

C. Three-body, solid, reeded band, straight lugs with gold-screwed bars, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Two-tone, guilloche silvered gold with painted radial Roman numerals on a plain reserve; small subsidiary ring dials for the days of the week, the months with concentric leap year indicaton, the date, graduated sector for the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases, secret Breguet signatures. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Cal. 189.10, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 24 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 12 mm.

The Pocket Watch C. Three-body, massive, Empire, polished stepped bezels, reeded band, transparent case back to view the movement, sapphire crystals. D. Two-tone, guilloche silvered gold with painted radial Roman numerals on a plain reserve, outer minute chapter with dot divisions, subsidiary seconds dial, power reserve sector calibrated for 45 hours, graduated sector for the age of the moon, apertures for the instantaneous date and moon phases. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Cal. 1890 (23 1/2''') with automatic winding, frosted gilt, 27 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance with pare-chute shock absorber on the top pivot, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, micrometer regulator, platinum winding weight pivoted on the movement?s edge with spring banking, unidirectional winding automatically disconnected when fully wound, two ball-bearing runners, one visible in the weight, to reduce friction in the pivot point, the "S" arm formed to provide elastic suspension and retained in balance by a double-ended spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 62 mm.