Exceptional horologic works of art

Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Oct 11, 2003

LOT 459

Breguet, No. 1051, circa 1930. Very fine and rare 18K platinum keyless perpetual calendar dress watch.

C. three-piece, “moderne”, polished. D. silver with champlevé Breguet numerals, outer minute track, four subsidiary sunk dials for days of the week, date, months of the four year leap cycle and subsidiary seconds concentric with phases of the moon aperture. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 38.3 mm (17''', rhodium-plated, “fausses côtes” decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring.Signed on dial and movement.Diam. 43 mm.