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The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Hong-kong, Jun 08, 2002

LOT 235

Breguet, No. 472, sold to Monsieur Louis Dollfus on May 31, 1924, for 10'000 Francs.Very fine and extremely rare large 18K gold keyless center seconds pocket chronometer with detent escapement.

HKD 156,000 - 180,000

EUR 22,000 - 26,000 / USD 20,000 - 23,000

Sold: HKD 195,500

C. Four-body, "bassine", polished, gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute and seconds divisions with five-minute/seconds Arabic figures. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 50 mm. (22'''), rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 19 jewels, Earnshaw type spring detent escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold temperature and mean time screws and sunken arm in the center for blued steel free-sprung helical balance spring.Signed on dial and movement, case punched with "ER" casemaker's mark.Diam. 63 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2 - 01

Notes

Most deck watches are either in silver or steel. In addition, Breguet made very few deck watches, whatever the material. Therefore, this one, in a gold case, with spring detent escapement and center-seconds, would appear to be unique.