In the early 1990s, six sets of six automatic pocket watches were produced by Breguet, each with a guilloché dial, sapphire display case back, and a pendulum automatic movement with platinum hammer-shaped rotor. Complications such as jump hour display, equation of time, and thermometer – among others – were incorporated, along with the present world-time pocket watch.

Breguet was managed by Bahrain-based financial company Investcorp in the late 1980s and early 1990s, overseeing the acquisition of Nouvelle Lémania. During this period, they employed watchmaker Michel Parmigiani to create pieces, such as an ultra-thin perpetual movement and automatic pocket watch caliber. The latter, caliber 570, would be integrated into the present timepiece.

The famed “Souscription” sets of the same time period also incorporate this automatic movement; however, the present watch was not made to be paired with a wristwatch. It is a masterful display of the best of Breguet with the delicate engine-turned dial, a beautifully finished movement visible through a sapphire case, and accompanied by a heavy and ornate brass stand.

Consigned by an important collector of independent timepieces, the present watch furthermore comes with a Certificate from the Archives of Breguet, detailing its production in 1995, right before Parmigiani set off to create his eponymous brand.