Contemporary, Limited Edition and Col...

New York, Grand Havana Room, May 13, 1999

LOT 206

Breguet, Jubile, No. 00/50, No. 4663G, Ref. 3840BA, delivered on December 16, 1996. Extremely fine and rare, centre second, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with date, leather strap and 18K gold Breguet buckle, fitted green wooden box and certificate.

USD 4,000 - 5,000

Sold: USD 11,960

C. three body, massive, polished, reeded band, partly "guilloche" back with the engraved effigy of Abraham- Louis Breguet, the dedication and the numbers, gold screwed bars. D. "guilloche" silver with painted radial Roman numerals on a plain reserve, aperture for the date. "Breguet" blued steel hands. M. 11 3 / 4 -rhodium plated, "fauses cotes" decoration, 25 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, shockabsorber, self compensating flat balance-spring, 18K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: *2

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

Ref. 3840 BA This watch is No. 00/50, of a limited series of 50 examples only, produced exclusively for Italy, to commemorate the 215th Anniversary of the first invention of Abraham-Louis Breguet in 1780: the first movement with automatic winding.