Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Sep 15, 2010

LOT 342

Breguet Ref. 5207 - Yellow Gold - Power Reserve Breguet, Automatic, Power Reserve, No. 1144, Ref. 5207. Made circa 2005. Very fine, self-winding, water resistant to 30 meters, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with 65-hour power-reserve indication, retrograde seconds and an 18K yellow gold Breguet deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box, certificate and service record card.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped rounded bezel, reeded band, transparent case back with 6 screws, straight lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Guilloché silver with painted radial Roman numerals and dot minute markers on an off-center plain reserve, secret signature, retrograde seconds sector at 6, 65-hour power-reserve sector at 12. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Cal. 516 DR 3R, rhodium-plated, fausses côtes decoration, 34 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 10 mm.