Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Sep 14, 2011

LOT 110

BREGUET ? PLATINUM MINUTE REPEATING PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH A PLATINUM SELF-WINDING TRIPLE-CALENDAR POCKET WATCH - MADE AS A SET IN 1992 Extremely fine, rare and important set of two Souscription watches. Made as a set in 1992. No. 41. Platinum minute-repeating wristwatch with perpetual calendar, phases and age of the moon, leap year indication and platinum Breguet buckle and Platinum, self-winding pocket watch with 45-hour power reserve indication, instantaneous calendar, phases and age of the moon. Accompanied by a special fitted wooden winding box, platinum 30 cm chain, platinum magnifying glass, 2 platinum tools and wooden polishing stick.

The Wristwatch C. Three-body, solid, reeded band, straight lugs with gold-screwed bars, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Two-tone, guilloche silvered gold with painted radial Roman numerals on a plain reserve; small subsidiary ring dials for the days of the week, the months with concentric leap year indication, the date, graduated sector for the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases, 2 secret Breguet signatures. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Cal. 567, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 30 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 12 mm. The Pocket Watch C. Three-body, massive, Empire, polished stepped bezels, reeded band, transparent case back to view the movement, sapphire crystals. D. Two-tone, guilloche silvered gold with painted radial Roman numerals on a plain reserve, outer minute chapter with dot divisions, subsidiary seconds dial, power reserve sector calibrated for 45 hours, graduated sector for the age of the moon, apertures for the instantaneous date at 6 and moon phases at 2, 2 secret Breguet signatures.. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Cal. 1890 (23 1/2''') with automatic winding, frosted gilt, 27 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance with pare-chute shock absorber on the top pivot, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, micrometer regulator, platinum winding weight pivoted on the movement?s edge with spring banking, unidirectional winding automatically disconnected when fully wound, two ball-bearing runners, one visible in the weight, to reduce friction in the pivot point, the "S" arm formed to provide elastic suspension and retained in balance by a double-ended spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 62 mm.