Lot 56
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Breguet. A very fine and rare 18K pink gold skeletonized tourbillon wristwatch with original certificate and box
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Breguet. A very fine and rare 18K pink gold skeletonized tourbillon wristwatch with original certificate and box

Signed Breguet, Classique Complications model, brevet du 7 messidor an 9, Ref. 3355, movement no. 736, case no. 2404 I, circa 2000

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Breguet. A very fine and rare 18K pink gold skeletonized tourbillon wristwatch with original certificate and box
Signed Breguet, Classique Complications model, brevet du 7 messidor an 9, Ref. 3355, movement no. 736, case no. 2404 I, circa 2000
MOVEMENT: manual, cal. 558, finely hand-engraved, jewelled, one minute tourbillon carriage combined with fan-form sector for seconds
DIAL: skeletonised, eccentric time display with Roman and lozenge-shaped numerals on silvered 18K gold chapter ring
CASE: 18K pink gold, milled band, glazed display snap on back, 36 mm. diam.
SIGNED: case, dial, movement
BUCKLE: 18K pink gold Breguet deployant clasp
ACCOMPANIED BY: Breguet Certificate of Origin, Breguet service document dated 31st March 2014, Breguet presentation box and outer packaging
Special Notice
On lots marked with an + in the catalogue, VAT will be charged at 8% on both the premium as well as the hammer price. Many of the watches offered for sale in this catalogue are pictured with straps made of endangered or protected animal materials such as alligator or crocodile. These endangered species straps are shown for display purposes only and are not for sale. Christie’s will remove and retain the strap prior to shipment from the sale site. At some sale sites, Christie’s may, at its discretion, make the displayed endangered species strap available to the buyer of the lot free of charge if collected in person from the sale site within 1 year of the date of the sale. Please check with the department for details on a particular lot.

Lot Essay

The present watch was purchased by its actual owner in 2000 and is preserved in very good, original overall condition. It is from Breguet's "Grandes Complications" series and features three of the master's innumerable inventions: the tourbillon, the Breguet hands and the Breguet balance spring.

On 10 November 1801, horological legend Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747-1823) received a patent for his ingenious tourbillon invention. Breguet designed the tourbillon (or whirlwind) to compensate for fluctuations and errors in time measurement caused by the position a watch is placed in. For example, watches with traditional movements may keep excellent time when resting on a desk horizontally, but when that same watch is placed vertically in a pocket, gravity affects the frequency or rate of the escapement and thus its accuracy.

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