Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong - Kong, Oct 09, 2010

LOT 399

Breguet, Classique "La Tradition Breguet" Breguet, ?La Tradition?, No. 2772, Ref. 7027. Sold on May 5th, 2006. Very fine, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with visible ?Souscription? style caliber, double powerreserve indication and an 18K yellow gold Breguet buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, user's manual, booklet and Certificate of Origin and guarantee.

HKD 100,000 - 150,000

USD 13,000 - 20,000 / EUR 10,000 - 15,000

Sold: HKD 118,750

C. Three-body, solid, polished, coin-edge band, rounded bezel, yellow gold screwed bars, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Visible movement, small eccentric guilloché silver 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 and adjusted in five positions, blued steel parachute shock absorber, selfcompensating 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: 2

Very good
Movement: 1*

As new

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

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.