Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 18, 1997

LOT 79

Breguet No. 4360, sold to Mr. Hayes on 31 July 1947. Very fine and rare 18K white and yellow gold, moon phase astronomical keyless minute repeating watch with perpetual calendar, power reserve indication, chronograph and tachometer with instantaneous 60 minute recorder.

C. Three piece massive, "Empire " , polished with white gold reeded band and bow (trace of a filled monogram). Hinged gold cuvette. D. Silver engineturned with Roman numerals on a polished chapter ring, outer Arabic minute and chronograph rings, the tachometer scale calculated to the base of 1000, subsidiary dials for days of the week, minute register with inner Up-and-Down half-moon sector, the months of the year and the dates with inner subsidiary seconds and concentric moon phase aperture. Gold Breguet hands. M. 19"' rhodium plated, "fausses cotes " decoration, 32 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balances, Breguet balance spring. Repeating on gongs with slide in the band. chronograph with visible work, button on the winding crown and push-piece in the band. Signed and numbered on the dial. Accompanied by Breguet certificate No. 4055. Diam. 56 mm.