Important Collector's Wristwatches,Po...

Grand Havana Room, Mar 24, 2004

LOT 99

Breguet, "Tourbillon Squelette Perpetuel", No. 4972, Ref. 3755. Produced in the 1990s.Very fine and rare, large, skeletonized, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch withvisible one-minute tourbillon regulator, retrograde perpetual calendar and an 18K yellow gold Breguetbuckle.

C. two-body, solid, polished, reeded band, straight lugs, gold screwed bars, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. skeletonizedwith off-center silver ring dial with painted radial Roman numerals for the hours, minutes and the retrograde date at 12, silver ring dialsfor the months at 3 and the days of the week at 9, leap year indication at 3, seconds graduated in 30 seconds at 6, aperture for thetourbillon cage with hand-engraved steel bridge and double seconds hand at 6. Blued steel ?Breguet" and "serpentine" hands. M. Cal.13''', gilt brass, skeletonized and hand-engraved, 21 jewels, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator with polishedsteel arms, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial and case signed.Diam. 40 mm.