Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 10, 2010

LOT 125

Breguet WHITE GOLD Heritage Chronographe Breguet, Ref. 5460. Produced in the 2000?s. Very fine, curved, tonneau-shape, self-winding, waterresistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with 45 hours power reserve, olive-shaped button chronograph, registers, date and an 18K white gold Breguet deployant clasp. Accompanied by a Breguet presentation case.

C. "Empire," two-body, solid, polished, rounded bezel, reeded band, straight and curled lugs, 18K white gold screwed bars, sapphire "bombé" crystal. D. Solid 18K gold, guilloché with painted radial Roman numerals on a plain outer reserve, secret Breguet signature, auxiliary 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, guilloché 18K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 32 x 49 mm.