$111,650
"Breguet à Versailles", Grand Complication "Tourbillon 1801- 2001", No. 9/28, Ref. 1801. Made expressly in a limited edition of 28 examples in 2001 to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the invention of the tourbillon by Abraham-Louis Breguet. Extremely fine, rare and unique, large, half-hunter case, water-resistant, 18K white gold and diamonds gentleman's wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator and an 18K white gold Breguet deployant clasp. Accompanied by fitted wooden box, a tourbillon certificate and a loupe. Four-body, solid, polished and brushed, hinged cover with porthole and engraved "Tourbillon" plaque, entirely pavé-set with diamonds, opened by a co-axial push-button in the winding crown, transparent case back to view the movement, reeded band, straight diamond-set lugs with gold-screwed bars, sapphire crystals. White enamel, off-center ring dial with painted radial Breguet numerals and marked "1801-2001". Secret "Breguet" signature, Blued steel "Breguet" hands, at 6 the visible tourbillon cage under a polished steel bridge, carrying the blued steel seconds hand. Cal. 557, entirely hand-engraved and signed "Tourbillon Breguet Nr. 1897. Brevet du 7 Messidor ans 9", 21 jewels, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator with 3 equidistant polished steel arms, monometallic balance adjusted to 6 positions, shockabsorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-09-20
