Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Sep 17, 2009

LOT 81

Yellow Gold "Heritage" Breguet, "Heritage," No. 444, Ref. 5480. Sold February 22, 2004. Very fine, large, tonneau-shaped and curved, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with large date and an 18K yellow gold Breguet deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted Breguet box, Certificate of Origin and instructions.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, rounded bezel, coin-edge band, case back with 8 screws, straight and curved lugs, 18K yellow gold screwed bars, curved sapphire crystal. D. Solid 18K gold, hand-guilloché and silver-plated with painted radial Roman numerals on a plain outer reserve, outer dot minute divisions, double secret Breguet signature, subsidiary seconds dial, aperture for the date at 12. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Cal. 516GG, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 30 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shockabsorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, guilloché 22K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 35 x 42 mm. Thickness: 10 mm. Property of an East Coast collector