Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 20, 2016

LOT 212

BREGUET REF. 5837 MARINE TOURBILLON CHRONOGRAPH PINK GOLD Breguet, Horloger de la Marine, "Marine Tourbillon Chronograph", No. 3265, movement No. 1243, Ref. 5837. Made circa 2010. Extremely fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillion, curved rectangular button chronograph, registers and an 18K pink gold Breguet link bracelet with deployant clasp.

USD 65,000 - 85,000

HKD 500,000 - 660,000 / CHF 65,000 - 85,000

Sold: USD 75,000

Three-body, solid, polished, transparent case back with 7 screws, curved and inclined stepped bezel, coin-edge band, straight lapidated lugs, pink gold screwed bars, sapphire crystals. Two tone hand turned guilloché silver with applied pink gold radial Roman numerals on a brushed chapter ring, outer minutes and fifths of a second divisions, luminous dots, subsidiary ring dials for the 30-minute and 12-hour registers. Luminous blue steel Breguet hands. Cal. 554.3, "Brevet ou 7 Messidor An 9", gilt with fausses cotes decoration, 25 jewels, lateral lever escapement with silicon lever and escape wheel, four-arm cut monometallic balance adjusted to 6 positions, silicon balance spring, part-titanium tourbillion carriage with three curved equidistant arms, brushed steel bridge in an aperture through the dial.


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Grade:
Case: 2-9

Very good

Scratched
Movement: 2*

Very good

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

Very good

HANDS Original

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Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 43 mm. THICKNESS 14 mm. Approx. overall length 185 mm. The REFERENCE 5837 represents the contemporary evolution of the famous Marine collection by BREGUET, presenting a watch with chronograph combined with a part-titanium one minute tourbillon carriage in a large- size case. The manually- wound movement has a 50 hour power-reserve and incorporates a silicon balance spring, fork and escape wheel.