Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 20, 2016

LOT 213

BREGUET REF. 5707 LE REVEIL DU TSAR ALARM YELLOW GOLD Breguet, Classique Le Réveil du Tsar, No. 1197, Ref. 5707. Made circa 2000. Very fine, two time zone, self-winding, water- resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with alarm, alarm power reserve/ function indicators and an 18K yellow gold Breguet deployant clasp. Accompanied by the Certificate of Origin, warranty and instruction booklet.

Three-body, solid, polished, stepped rounded bezel, coin-edged band, crown at 2 for hand setting and alarm winding, at 4 for the second time zone, button at 8 for activating and deactivating the alarm, transparent case back with 6 screws, straight lugs with gold screwed bars, sapphire crystals. Guilloché silver with painted radial Roman numerals on a plain reserve, secret Breguet signature between IIII and V, subsidiary silver ring dials for the second time zone at 3, the 24-hour display at 9 and 30-seconds at 6, alarm power reserve sector at 11, apertures for the date at 6 and alarm function indicator at 12. Blued steel Breguet hands. Cal. 519 F, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 38 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring.