• Important Watches auction at Christies

    Sale 2919

    Important Watches

    Hong Kong, HKCEC Grand Hall

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    30 May 2012

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    • BREGUET. A FINE AND RARE PLATI
    Lot 4756

    BREGUET. A FINE AND RARE PLATINUM SKELETONIZED PERPETUAL CALENDAR TOURBILLON WRISTWATCH WITH RETROGRADE DATE, LEAP YEAR INDICATION AND ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE

    SIGNED BREGUET, REF. 3755, MOVEMENT NO. 3995, CASE NO. 545Z, CIRCA 2007

    Price realised

    HKD 1,088,000

    Estimate

    HKD 640,000 - HKD 960,000

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    BREGUET. A FINE AND RARE PLATINUM SKELETONIZED PERPETUAL CALENDAR TOURBILLON WRISTWATCH WITH RETROGRADE DATE, LEAP YEAR INDICATION AND ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE
    SIGNED BREGUET, REF. 3755, MOVEMENT NO. 3995, CASE NO. 545Z, CIRCA 2007
    Engraved skeletonized pink gold mechanical jewelled lever movement, skeletonized dial with visible one minute tourbillon carriage, off-centred time display with Roman numerals on silvered engine-turned chapter ring, two subsidiary dials for month combined with leap year indication and day, circular case with milled band, glazed display back, platinum Breguet deployant clasp, case, dial and movement signed
    40 mm. diam.

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    Lot Essay

    US$80,000-120,000

    With Breguet Certificate dated 23rd September 2007, polishing cloth, fitted presentation box and outer packaging.

    The "tourbillon", Breguet's historic invention patented in 1801, was conceived to compensate for rate errors resulting from the effect of gravity on the moving parts. A watch balance will go fast or slow depending on the position of the watch. Breguet solved the problem by rotating the entire balance and escapement about their common axis once a minute, averaging out the positional errors by the constant rotation. Breguet received a patent from France's ministry of the interior for "a new regulating device known as the tourbillon" on 26 June 1801. The document was dated according to the republican calendar of the time, 7 Messidor, Year IX.

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    Special Notice

    Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory, tortoiseshell and crocodile. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.


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