$21,275
Breguet, "1775", No. 3797, Ref. 1775. Produced in a limited edition of 225 examples in 2000 to commemorate the 225th anniver- sary of the founding of Breguet’s workshops. Very fine and rare, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with a platinum Breguet buckle. Accompanied by a special fitted box and a certificate. three-body, solid, polished, transparent case back, reeded band, straight lugs with gold screwed bars, cabochon sapphire-set winding crown, sapphire crystals. white enamel with painted Breguet numerals. White gold "Breguet" hands. Cal. 591B, rhodium- plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 25 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compen- sating flat balance-spring, 22K white gold rotor hand-engraved "Breguet 1775 ‘ 2000". Dial, case and movemensigned. Diam. 36 mm. Notes A braham-Louis Breguet was born in Neuchatel, Switzerland, on 10 January 1747. His family were protestants, although it has never been clearly established whether they were in fact refugees from France following the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, or long-standing citizens of Neuchatel where the Breguet Breguet name is recorded as far back as the 15th Century. Neverthless, it was France that was to become his adopted country and the base for his future success. Breguet was only elevenyears of age when his father died, but his mother almost immediately became remarried to her husband's cousin,
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-12-02
