Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Mar 16, 2014
LOT 92
BREGUET HERITAGE CHRONOGRAPH YELLOW GOLD Breguet, "Heritage Chronographe", No. 7834, Ref. 5460. Sold on June 2, 2000. Very fine, tonneau-shaped and curved, self-winding, water- resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with olive-shaped button chronograph, registers, date and an 18K yellow gold Breguet deployant clasp. Accompanied by a Breguet box and Certificate of Origin.
CHF 7,000 - 9,000
HKD 58,000 - 74,000 / USD 7,500 - 9,500
Sold: CHF 8,125
"Empire", three-body, solid, polished, rounded bezel, reeded band, straight and curved lugs, 18K yellow gold screwed bars, back with 8 screws, "bombé" sapphire crystal. Solid 18K gold, hand-guilloché and silver-plated with painted radial Roman numerals on a plain outer reserve, secret Breguet signature, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer ring for the 1/5th second graduation, aperture for the date. Blued steel Breguet hands. Cal. 550, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 38 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, 18K guillloché gold rotor.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 1-01 |
As new HANDS Original |