Important Collectors' Wristwtches, Po...

New York, Sep 26, 2007

LOT 294

"Le Réveil du Tsar" Breguet, "Le Réveil du Tsar", Alarm, Automatic, No. 1544, Ref. 5707. Made circa 2004. Very fine, two-time zone, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with alarm, alarm power reserve/ function indicators, independently adjustable 12-hour hand and an 18K white gold Breguet deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped rounded bezel, reeded band, transparent case back with 6 screws, straight lugs, sapphire crystals. D. ?Guilloche? silver with painted radial Roman numerals on a plain reserve, secret Breguet signature, subsidiary silver ring dials for the second time-zone at 3, the 24-hour display at 9 and the 30-seconds at 6, alarm power-reserve sector at 11, apertures for the date at 6 and the alarm function indicator at 12. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. M. Cal. 519 F, rhodiumplated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 38 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. The button at 8 activates and deactivates the alarm. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 11 mm.