Breguet. A Fine and Rare Prototype 18k Gold Perpetual Calendar One-Minute Tourbillon Wristwatch with Retrograde Date

SIGNED BREGUET, "TOURBILLON BREGUET", NO. 321, CASE NO. 1282 G, REF. 3750, CIRCA 1994

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Breguet. A Fine and Rare Prototype 18k Gold Perpetual Calendar One-Minute Tourbillon Wristwatch with Retrograde Date
Signed Breguet, "Tourbillon Breguet", No. 321, Case No. 1282 G, Ref. 3750, circa 1994
With gilt-finished full-plate lever movement with finely engraved scrolls, 21 jewels, one-minute tourbillon carriage with mono-metallic compensation balance visible beneath a single bridge beneath the dial at six o'clock, adjusted to 6 positions, eccentric silvered engine-turned dial with polished chapter ring with Roman numerals combined with retrograde date indicator, two subsidiary dials for day and month combined with leap year indicator, circular case with coin-edged band, sapphire crystal display back, case, dial and movement signed, with 18k gold buckle and setting pin
40mm diam.

Lot Essay

Abraham Louis Breguet invented the tourbillon regulator in 1795 and later patented the mechanism in 1801. Almost two centuries later, the firm of Breguet continues in his great tradition and now produces a wide variety of wristwatches featuring the tourbillon.

The present watch, bearing the case number 1282 G, comes accompanied by a letter from Montres Breguet SA, dated December 1994, confirming that this tourbillon piece with perpetual calendar is the very first piece of this Breguet reference to have been sold worldwide.

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