Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 05, 2009

LOT 214

Alarm Breguet, Alarm, No. 4151 F, Ref. 3600. Made in the late 1990s. Fine, center-seconds, self-winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with alarm, date, two crowns and an 18K yellow gold Breguet buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, partly guilloche case back with 6 screws, reeded band, rounded bezel, the crown at 2 is to set the alarm, the crown at 4 is for manual setting and winding, straight lugs, sapphire crystal. D. Guilloche silvered disc at the center with two lozenges for the alarm, painted radial Roman numerals on an outer plain reserve, aperture for the date at 6. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Cal. 579, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 19 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 12 mm.