Collector's Pocket Watches Wristwatch...

Grand Havana Room, New York, May 08, 2002

LOT 356

Breguet, No. 945, Ref. 3637. Produced in the 1990's.Fine and rare, minute-repeating, 24 hours, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch. Accompanied by an 18K yellow gold Breguet buckle.

USD 65,000 - 75,000

EUR 75,000 - 86,000

Sold: USD 70,700

C. three-body, solid, polished, sapphire glass case back, reeded band, straight lugs, gold screwed bars, sapphire crystals. D. "guilloché" silver with painted radial Roman numerals on a plain reserve, auxiliary dials for the seconds and the 24 hours. "Breguet" blued steel hands. M. Cal. No. 3168, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 30 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, 5 adjustments, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, repeating on two gongs by activatig slide in the band.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm.


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Grade:
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2 - 01

Notes

What is a Minute Repeater?A minute repeating watch tells the time both visually and audibly. A slide on the side of the case, usually near the #9, will activate two hammers in the movement. These hammers strike two gongs curled within the case. First one hammer strikes a gong of lower tonality; it will count out the hours. Then both hammers will strike both gongs alternatively to count out the quarter hours after that hour, and then the second hammer alone striking a gong of higher tonality will count out the minutes aftr that quarter hour.The repeating mechanism was developed by Daniel Quare. In 1687, he had patented a mechanism that sounded the hours and the quarter hours. The early repeaters used bells. At the end of the 18th century, two bent-wire gings became the more popular mechanism. In 1892, the first minute repeater wristwatch was produced by Omega, a model with a round-shaped case.