Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Mar 19, 2016
BREGUET TOURBILLON PLATINUM Breguet, "Tourbillon ", No. 3185 R, Ref. 5307. Sold on October 1st, 2004. Very fine and rare, large, skeletonized, self-winding, platinum wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator, regulator dial and a platinum Breguet deployant clasp. Accompanied by the Breguet fitted box and Certificate of Origin, instruction booklet and hang tag.
Three-body, solid, polished, coin-edge case band, straight lugs with screwed bars, transparent case back to view the movement, sapphire crystals. Silvered gold, guilloché, off-center hour dial with painted radial Roman numerals, outer dot minute divisions, at 6 aperture for the visible tourbillon cage under a polished steel bridge, carrying the blued steel seconds hand. Cal. 587, rhodium-plated, entirely hand-engraved and signed "Breguet Nr. 169 - 7 Messidor An 9", 31 jewels, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator with 3 equidistant polished steel arms, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.
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Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 1* |
As new Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 1-01 |
As new HANDS Original |