100 Years of Wristwatches

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 19, 2000

LOT 40

Breguet No. 1963, sold in 1928 to M. JeanBrenot for 4'000 francs.Unique and very fine, large, tonneau-shaped,18K yellow gold and stainless steelgentleman's wristwatch with single buttonchronograph on the winding-crown, registerand tachometer.

CHF 70,000 - 80,000

USD 40,000 - 46,000

Sold: CHF 113,500

C. three-body, bicolor, shaped, solid, polishedand brushed, lapidated lugs, stainless steelbezel, screwed bars.D. matte silver with painted Arabic numerals,auxiliary seconds and 30 minutes register dials,at the center, spiral tachometric scale.'Moderne' blued steel hands. M. 15''' rhodiumplated, 23 jewels, lever escapement, cutbimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring, thecoaxial single button on the winding-crown isfor start-stop and return to zero functions of thechronograph.Dial and case signed.Dim. 38 x 47 mm.


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Grade:
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3 - 5*
Dial: 3 - 5 - 01

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This watch is unique because of the shape of itscase and the very special iconography of thetachometric scale on the dial. The price of 4'000francs paid at the time for a wristwatch isenormous, considering it was a time of crisis inthe international financial world.