Exceptional horologic works of art

Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Oct 11, 2003

LOT 461

Breguet, "Transatlantique Type XX, Automatique", Ref. 3820. Produced in the 1990s. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant to 100 m., 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with "Retour en Vol" round button chronograph, registers, date and an 18K white gold Breguet link bracelet and deployant clasp.

C. three-body, solid, polished, screwed-down case back and crown, graduated revolving bezel, ridged band, sapphire crystal. D. navy blue with tritium-coated Arabic numerals and applied white gold rectangular indexes, auxiliary sunk dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 15-minute registers, aperture for the date. Tritium-coated white gold ?Bâton? hands. M. Cal. 582, rhodium-plated, 25 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 39 mm.