$101,500
"Breguet à Versailles", Grand Complication "Tourbillon 1801-2001", No. 10/28, Ref. 1801BR. Produceducedexpressly in a limited edition of 28 examples in 2001 to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of theinvention of the tourbillon by Abraham-Louis Breguet.Extremely fine, rare and important, large, half-hunter case-type, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman’s wristwatch withvisible one-minute tourbillon regulator and an 18K pink gold Breguet deployant clasp. four-body, solid, polished and brushed, hinged hand-"guilloché" cover with porthole and engraved "Tourbillon" plaque, opened by aco-axial push-button in the winding crown, transparent case back to view the movement, reeded band, straight lugs with gold-screwedbars, sapphire crystals. Cal. 557 entirely hand-engraved and signed "Tourbillon Breguet Nr. 1884. Brevet du 7 Messidor ans 9", 21 jewels, lateral leverescapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator with 3 equidistant polished steel arms, monometallic balance adjusted to 6 positions,shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 42 mm. Notes The “Breguet à Versailles Tourbillonn1801-2001” limited edition was produced in a total of 66 pieces,they are made as follows:- 28 examples in white gold with enamel dial- 28 examples in pink gold with enamel dial- 10 examples in platinum with silver guilloché dialOn June 26, 1801 - or according to theshort-lived Republican calendar of thetime, 7 Messidor, year IX - A
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-03-24
