Important Collectors’ Wristwatches,Po...

New York, Mar 23, 2005

LOT 99

Breguet, "Quantieme Perpetuel,? No. 3999. Made in the 1990s. Very fine, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentle-man's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, 45-hour power reserve and a 18K yellow gold Breguet deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, reeded band, straight lugs, gold screwed bars, cabochonsapphire-set winding-crown, sapphire crystal. D. "Guilloché" silver with painted Romannumerals on a plain outer reserve, subsidiary silver ring dials for the days of the month, of theweek, the months, the leap year, sector graduations for the age of the moon at 1 andthe up-and-down indication at 11, aperture for the moon phases. Blued steel"Breguet" hands. M. Cal. 502.3, engraved gilt brass, 37 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions,shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, 21Kengraved gold rotor.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm. Thickness: 8,5 mm.