Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Nov 10, 2013
LOT 32
BREGUET PERPETUAL CALENDAR WATCH Breguet, No. 4884, Swiss. Made circa 1900. Very fine, 18K yellow gold, keyless pocket watch with perpetual calendar and phase and age of the moon.
CHF 25,000 - 35,000
HKD 205,000 - 290,000 / USD 26,500 - 38,000
Sold: CHF 31,250
Four-body, bassine, polished, correctors in the band. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions and outermost Arabic five-minute numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the date, days of the week and the months with four-year cycle, aperture for the moon phases concentric with seconds, the moon's age at the edge. Blued steel spade hands. 19''', matte gilt, 17 jewels, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with temperature and meantime adjustment screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Cuvette signed and numbered.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |