Lot Essay
This superb timepiece from the house of Breguet exemplifies the dedication and expertise that their master watchmakers are capable to achieving. Featuring a perpetual calendar with tourbillon and retrograde date, this reference 3750 Classique beautifully melds their traditional and elegant aesthetics with haute horology.
The watch has the iconic hand-guilloché dial with 4-styles of patterning, and an openwork tourbillon to display the seconds, bringing life to the stately watch. Subtly, the leap year indication is featured in a small aperture on the month indication wheel. Reference 3750 has a gold case with coin edging, straight lugs, and screwed spring bars to attach the strap. Completing this Classique model is the hand-engraved movement, showcasing the impressive precision of their artisans.
Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747-1823)
Considered as the leading watchmaker of his day, Abraham-Louis Breguet is widely acknowledged for having set the standard by which all fine watchmaking has been judged ever since. Born in Neuchatel, Switzerland, it was in Paris that he spent most of his productive life. Being at the origin of some of the most important breakthroughs, Breguet was credited for the development of the successful self-winding perpetual watches, the introduction of the gongs for repeating watches, the first shock-protection for balance pivots and the tourbillon.
Becoming an indispensable watchmaker for the scientific, military, financial and diplomatic elites of the age, his timepieces ruled the courts of Europe. For his most celebrated clients, Breguet designed exceptional timepieces and was saluted for his enormous contribution to horology. Appointed to the Board of Longitude and as chronometer-maker to the navy, he entered the Academy of Sciences and received the Legion of Honor from the hands of Louis XVIII.
The watch has the iconic hand-guilloché dial with 4-styles of patterning, and an openwork tourbillon to display the seconds, bringing life to the stately watch. Subtly, the leap year indication is featured in a small aperture on the month indication wheel. Reference 3750 has a gold case with coin edging, straight lugs, and screwed spring bars to attach the strap. Completing this Classique model is the hand-engraved movement, showcasing the impressive precision of their artisans.
Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747-1823)
Considered as the leading watchmaker of his day, Abraham-Louis Breguet is widely acknowledged for having set the standard by which all fine watchmaking has been judged ever since. Born in Neuchatel, Switzerland, it was in Paris that he spent most of his productive life. Being at the origin of some of the most important breakthroughs, Breguet was credited for the development of the successful self-winding perpetual watches, the introduction of the gongs for repeating watches, the first shock-protection for balance pivots and the tourbillon.
Becoming an indispensable watchmaker for the scientific, military, financial and diplomatic elites of the age, his timepieces ruled the courts of Europe. For his most celebrated clients, Breguet designed exceptional timepieces and was saluted for his enormous contribution to horology. Appointed to the Board of Longitude and as chronometer-maker to the navy, he entered the Academy of Sciences and received the Legion of Honor from the hands of Louis XVIII.