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Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Apr 13, 2002

LOT 417

Breguet, Paris, No. 3290, circa 1935. Very fine two-tone 18K gold and silver keyless lever chronometer, winner of gold medal and Bulletin de Premiere Classe in Besançon, with original gold medal, ?Bulletin de Marche? and box.

CHF 10,000 - 12,000

EUR 7,000 - 8,200 / USD 6,000 - 7,200

Sold: CHF 31,050

C. Four-body, ?Empire?, polished with reeded band, bezels with silver edges, gold hinged cuvette, silver bow. D. Silver, engine-turned center and outer border, champlevé radial Roman numerals, outer minute dot divisions, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 44 mm. (19 1/2???), rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Guillaume anibal-brass cut bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, wolf-tooth winding wheels, viper?s head punch mark. Signed on dial, case and movement. Diam. 52 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original