Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hog Kong, Feb 26, 2011

LOT 167

Breguet - Platinum - Skeletonized - Perpetual - Tourbillon Breguet, "Tourbillon Skeleton Perpetual" No. 5008V, Ref. 3755. Made circa 2008. Very fine, rare and important limited series platinum-cased wristwatch with skeletonized pink movement, visible one-minute tourbillon regulator, perpetual calendar with retrograde date and a platinum Breguet deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box, Certificate of Origin, warranty and additional straps.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, rounded bezel, reeded band with inset calendar adjusters, straight lugs with screw bars, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Skeletonized with off-center silver ring dial, painted radial Roman numerals for the hours, minutes and concentric upper half retrograde date, silver ring dials for the months at 3 combined with leap year indicator and the days of the week at 9, retrograde 30-seconds graduation at 6, aperture for the tourbillon cage with handengraved steel bridge carrying a blued steel double seconds hand at 6. Blued steel Breguet, arrow and serpentine hands. M. Cal.13''', pink gold-plated brass skeletonized and hand engraved, 21 jewels, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator with polished steel arms, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial and case signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 10 mm.