BREGUET. AN IMPORTANT AND RARE LIMITED EDITION SET OF 18K GOLD SOUSCRIPTION WATCHES, COMPRISING A MINUTE REPEATING PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH MOONPHASE AND AN AUTOMATIC OPENFACE WATCH WITH DATE, POWER RESERVE AND MOONPHASE

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

SIGNED BREGUET, NO. 34, CIRCA 1995

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BREGUET. AN IMPORTANT AND RARE LIMITED EDITION SET OF 18K GOLD SOUSCRIPTION WATCHES, COMPRISING A MINUTE REPEATING PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH MOONPHASE AND AN AUTOMATIC OPENFACE WATCH WITH DATE, POWER RESERVE AND MOONPHASE
SIGNED BREGUET, NO. 34, CIRCA 1995
The wristwatch with nickel-finished lever movement, 30 jewels, mono-metallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring, minute repeating on two gongs activated by a slide, silvered engine-turned dial with Roman numerals on brushed silvered chapter ring, Breguet secret signature on either side of VI, blued steel Breguet hands, three subsidiary dials indicating date, day and month combined with leap year, fan-form aperture for phases and ages of the moon, heavy circular case with coin-edged band, sapphire crystal display back, with an 18K gold Breguet buckle and setting pin, case, dial and movement signed and numbered

The pocket watch with highly jeweled gilt-finished lever movement, mono-metallic compensation balance with parachute on the top pivot, Breguet spring, platinum winding weight pivoted on the edge of the movement with spring banking, silvered engine-turned dial with Roman numerals on brushed silvered chapter ring, blued steel Breguet hands, subsidiary seconds with aperture for date, aperture for phases and ages of the moon, fan-form sector for 45 hours power reserve, heavy case with coin-edged band, glazed display back, case, dial and movement signed and numbered
37mm and 62mm diams. (2)

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Accompanied by Breguet wood and leather roll-top presentation winding box with plaque, numbered 81, with keyed drawer fitted with tools including: polishing sticks, 18K gold magnifying glass and an 18K gold chain.

The idea of the Souscription watch was first conceived in 1794 during the French Revolution as a method Abraham Louis Breguet to remain stable financially. After making a deposit on an order, a client would wait for his timepiece and complete payment upon receipt.

In its present form, Breguet first manufactured the Souscription set for the Hapsburg/Antiquorum sale, The Art of Breguet in 1999. The pocket watch accompanying the set is a replication of Breguet's Perpetuelle watch of 1791.

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