Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, May 11, 2014
BREGUET YELLOW GOLD TOURBILLON Breguet, Brevet du 7 Messidor An 9, "Tourbillon No. 154", No. 906, Ref. 3357. Made in the 1990's. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator and an 18K yellow gold Breguet deployant clasp.
Three-body, solid, polished, reeded band, transparent case back, straight lugs with gold screwed bars, sapphire crystals. Two-tone guilloché silver with painted black radial Roman numerals on an off-center plain brushed reserve showing the Breguet secret signature, visible tourbillon cage below 6 with brushed steel bridge, applied brushed seconds sector on the edge. Blued steel Breguet hands, three-arm seconds hand on the tourbillon upper pivot. Cal. 558, gilt hand-engraved along with the inscription "Brevet du 7 Messidor An 9", 21 jewels, lateral lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 6 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, polished steel one-minute tourbillon carriage with index regulator.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
| Grade:  | |
| Case: 2 | Very good | 
| Movement: 2* | Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense | 
| Dial: 1-01 | As new HANDS Original |