90th Auction

2014/11/15

Lot 610

Breguet, No. 008, circa 1990 - An important set of two "Souscriptions watches" in the manner of the traditional watches of Abraham Louis Breguet, consisting of a wristwatch and a pocket watch in a limited edition of 300 sets, here no. 008 - with accordingly signed and numbered root vein wooden box with watchwinder, gilt magnifying glass, gold setting pin, chain, spare band, operating instructions, history, description and two original certificates. The retail price for this set was 490.000 Swiss Francs!

Breguet No. 008, Movement No. 8, Case No. "Breguet 008", Cal. 567, 37 mm, circa 1990
A gentleman's important, almost as new wristwatch with minute repeater and perpetual calendar
Case: 18k gold, glazed push back, slide for repeating mechanism, 18k gold buckle. Dial: two-tone silvered, engine-turned, radial Roman hours, subsidiary dials for indications of the weekday, the date and the month under consideration of the leap year, moon phase, lunar calendar, blued Breguet hands. Movm.: bridge movement, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 5 adj., 30 jewels, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, Glucydur screw balance, shock protection, index spring fine adjusting device.
Breguet No. 008, Movement No. "Breguet No. 8", Case No. "Breguet 08", 62 mm, 225 g, circa 1990
A gentleman's important, almost as new automatic pocket watch with date, moon phase and power reserve indicator
Case: 18k gold, case design "Empire", glazed on both sides, reeded band. Dial: two-tone silvered, engine turned, radial Roman hours, auxiliary seconds, fan-form sector for 45h power reserve indication, additional sector for phases of the moon combined with the lunar calendar, aperture for the date, blued Breguet hands. Movm.: bridge movement, frosted, gilt, signed, automatic winding with oscillating platinum weight, Glucydur screw balance, index spring fine adjusting device, shock protection-"parachute".

estimated
110.000150.000 €
Price realized
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