Important Watches Wristwatches, and C...

The Furama Hotel Hong Kong, Victoriana Room, Jun 05, 2000

LOT 256

Breguet, No. 1539 A, sold on November 13, 1989.Very fine and rare, astronomic, self-winding, platinum gentleman?s wristwatch with 45 hours power reserve, perpetual and lunar calendar and moon phases, with leather strap, 18K white gold Breguet buckle,18K white gold push-pin hanging from a little chain. Accompanied by fitted box and certificate.

C. ?Empire?, two-body, solid, polished, roundedbezel, reeded band, partly ?guilloché? back, straight lugs, white gold screwed bars, sapphire-set winding-crown, sapphire crystal. D. solid gold, hand ?guilloché?, silver plated with painted radial Roman numerals, auxiliary dials with painted Arabic numeral on plain reserve for the days of the month, of the week, the months, the leap year, sector for age of the moon and the Up-and-Down indication, aperture for the moon phases. ?Breguet? blued steel hands.M. No. 1665, 13??? rhodium plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 38 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, 5 adjustments, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, 21K gold rotor.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm.