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Breguet
Ref. 3357
A rare and highly attractive yellow gold tourbillon wristwatch with certificate of origin and presentation box
Full-Cataloguing
- Tourbillon
- The reference 3357 is the successor to the reference 3350, the latter which was the first tourbillon wristwatch made by Breguet
- Consigned by the original owner, the present watch is preserved in barely worn condition with its original accessories
While the tourbillon is forever associated with Abraham-Louis Breguet (who invented this mechanism in 1801), it was not until 1988 that it was used in a Breguet wristwatch, after Daniel Roth was hired to revive this illustrious brand. Roth delved into the brand’s archives to familiarize himself further with Breguet’s works, and the result was, unsurprisingly, a tourbillon wristwatch—ref. 3350—with all of the Breguet signatures such as the eponymous hands, guilloché dial, and fluted caseband.
In the 1990s, Breguet introduced the ref. 3357 tourbillon, housing the same renowned cal. 558 developed by Daniel Roth, with a large opening for the tourbillon carriage at the lower part of the dial and the hour and minutes offset on the top part of the dial. The present example, cased in yellow gold and accompanied by its original box and papers, is preserved in barely worn condition and is consigned by the family of the original owner.
Breguet
Swiss | 1775Established in 1775 by Abraham Louis Breguet, widely considered the greatest watchmaker of all time, the storied brand continues to thrive in the modern era, creating exceptional high-end watches as the Swatch Group's premier prestige brand. Some of the most important and lasting inventions in watchmaking are attributed to Abraham Louis Breguet, including the tourbillon, shock resistance and the use of hammers and gongs employed in nearly all minute repeating watches made since.
Eighteenth and nineteenth century Breguet pocketwatches are especially sought-after by collectors, and many of them were made for the elite of European society, including Napoléon and Marie Antoinette. Key wristwatches from the twentieth century include oversized dress watches, two-register chronographs, triple calendars and Type XX aviator's chronographs made for the French military and civilians.