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Geneva, May 10, 2009

LOT 290

Classique "La Tradition Breguet" Breguet, ?La Tradition?, No. 1752, Ref. 7027BB. Made in 2007. Very fine, water-resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with visible ?Souscription?-style caliber, double power reserve indication and an 18K white gold Breguet buckle. Accompanied by Certificate of Origin, various manuals and fitted wooden box.

CHF 18,000 - 22,000

USD 16,000 - 19,000 / EUR 12,000 - 15,000

Sold: CHF 21,600

C. Three-body, solid, polished, reeded band, rounded bezel, gold screwed bars, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Visible movement, small eccentric guilloché dial with radial Roman numerals, retrograde power reserve indication at 11. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Cal. 507 DR, ?Souscription?-style with sand-blasted finish, 34 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance with 4 regulating screws, parachute shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, power reserve indication. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 12 mm.


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Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 1

As new
Movement: 1

As new
Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

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In this remarkable wristwatch, inspired by Abraham- Louis Breguet?s ?souscription? watches of circa 1795, Nicolas G. Hayek and the designers of the Breguet firm adapted the characteristics of Breguet?s original watch - going so far as to reproduce the elastic suspension of the balance and the movement design -- to the requirements of a modern wristwatch, with the added feature of the power reserve.