25,960 CHF
Yellow Gold Classique “La Tradition Breguet” Breguet, “3515“, case No. 3515T, Ref. 7027. Sold in November 2005. Very fine, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman`s wristwatch with a visible “Souscription” design caliber with power reserve indication on the front and the back of the movement and an 18K yellow gold Breguet buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and a certificate. Three-body, solid, polished, reeded band, rounded bezel, gold screwed bars, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. Off-center, hand-guilloche, two-tone silver with radial Roman numerals, retrograde power reserve indication at 11 o´clock. Blued steel “Breguet” hands. Cal. 507 DR, “Souscription” shaped, sand-blasted surface finish, 34 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance with four regulating screws, “parachute” absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Property of a Hong Kong Collector Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Notes In this remarkable wristwatch, inspired by Abraham-Louis Breguet’s “souscription” watches of circa 1795, Nicolas G. Hayek and the designers of the Breguet firm had the courage and vision to adapt the characteristics of Breguet’s original watch - going so far as to reproduce the elastic suspension of the balance and the movement design -- to the requirements of a modern wristwatch, with the added feature of the power reserve.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-11-12
