Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
Hong Kong,the Ritz Carlton Hotel,harbour Room, 3rd Floor, Jun 02, 2007
LOT 86
?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.
HKD 220,000 - 260,000
USD 30,000 - 35,000 / EUR 22,000 - 26,000
Sold: HKD 330,400
C. Three-body, solid, polished, reeded band, straight lugs, gold screwed bars, transparent case back, flat sapphire crystals. D. 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. M. 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
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |
Notes
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 month, as well as self-correcting for the 29th of February during leap years. Audemars Piguet are said to have been the first to produce wristwatches with perpetual calendar and moon phases, in 1924. In 1925, Patek Philippe modified a lady?s pendant watch with perpetual calendar to produce the world?s first instantaneous changing perpetual calendar wristwatch with leap year indication.