Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 08, 2015

LOT 235

BREGUET REF. 7800 OVERSIZED MUSICAL WATCH WITH ALARM & ROTATING DIAL YELLOW GOLD Breguet, "La Musicale - La Gazza Ladra, Gioachino Rossini", No. 2403 BA, Ref. 7800. Made circa 2012. Very fine and rare, oversized, musical on request, 18K yellow gold, self-winding, water-resistant, wristwatch with musical alarm, alarm power-reserve indication, rotating dial and an 18K yellow gold Breguet deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted Breguet box with built-in sound resonator, Certificate of Origin and instruction manual.

CHF 40,000 - 60,000

HKD 320,000 - 480,000 / USD 41,000 - 62,000

Sold: CHF 53,750

Three-body, massive, polished, curved bezel, flat matte band etched with musical notes, straight lugs with gold screwed bars, crown at 2 for the winding and hand-setting, at 4 for winding the musical movement, olive-shaped button at 8 for the music on/off and at 10 to activate the music at will, back with sound emission apertures and 8 screws, engraved "La Gazza Ladra - Gioachino Rossini", sapphire crystal. Hand-guilloche silver with radial Roman numerals on a brushed chapter ring, outer dot minute divisions, inner alarm-setting track, rotating center when the music plays, apertures for the music power-reserve and on/off indication, secret signatures either side of the XII. Blued steel Breguet hands, alarm hand with musical counterpoise. Cal. 0900, rhodium plated, 59 jewels, straight line silicon lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat silicon balance spring, musical disc and 15 tuned teeth, metallic glass membrane for amplification and water-resistance, magnetic governor.


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Grade: CHECK
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 1

As new
Dial: 1-01

As new

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Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 48 mm. THICKNESS 16.3 mm. The impressive and fascinating BREGUET LA MUSICALE plays the famous aria LA GAZZA LADRA by the Italian composer GIOACCHINO ROSSINI (1792-1868), it can be activated either on demand by pressing the button at 10 o'clock, or at the desired time for the alarm. This is achieved by a patented musical mechanism. A pinned disc acts on the 15 metal teeth of the comb. A metallic glass membrane amplifies the frequencies needed to emit the tune, as well as guaranteeing water resistance. To improve the sound and clarity, LA MUSICALE is fitted with the first magnetic strike governor in the history of watchmaking. This patented system is able to avoid background noise as well as the characteristic whirring typical of classic strike-governors.