330,400 HKD
“Yellow Gold Perpetual Calendar” Breguet, “Quantième Perpétuel”, No. 1006, Ref. 5327. Made in the 1990s for the Itialian market. Very fine, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, age and phases of the moon, leap year indication and an 18K yellow gold Breguet deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate. Three-body, solid, polished, reeded band, straight lugs, gold screwed bars, transparent case back, flat sapphire crystals. Guilloché silver with painted Roman numerals on a plain outer reserve, subsidiary silver ring dials for the days of the month, of the week, the months, the leap year, sector graduations for the age of the moon at 1 and the up-and-down indication at 11, aperture for the moon phases. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. Cal. 502.3, engraved rhodium-plated, 38 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, 21K engraved and skeletonized gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness: 9 mm. Property of a Spanish Collector Notes This watch is considered by collectors and designers to be one of the most spectacular and elegant perpetual calendar wristwatches. What is a Perpetual Calendar? A perpetual calendar is a calendar mechanism which, unlike a simple calendar, automatically adjusts to the correct day of the month by accounting for the varying durations of each mo
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-06-02
