4,500 CHF
BREGUET – YELLOW GOLD LEVER CHRONOMETER Breguet, No. 1990. Made circa 1930. Very fine, 18K yellow gold pocket lever chronometer, the movement with Besançon Observatory punch marks. Four-body, polished. Hinged gold cuvette. Brushed silver with applied yellow gold Arabic numerals and pyramidal indexes, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds. Yellow Gold Breguet hands. 18’’’, matte gilt, punched twice with the Besançon Observatory quality mark for chronometer standard, wolf’s tooth winding, 17 jewels, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial and cuvette signed. Diam. 49.5 mm. Notes 20th Century Breguet watches were usually submitted for testing at the Observatoire de Besançon rather than in Geneva. The present watch is not only of chronometer standard but also has a very attractive dial and is in excellent original condition.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2012-11-11
