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    • Of gilt-finished skeletonized jeweled lever movement visible between two sapphire crystals, the bridges and plates elaborately engraved with foliate scrollwork, with three subsidiary dials indicating day, date, month, leap year indicator and phases of the moon, fan-form sector for 45 hour power reserve, with polished gold bezel and sapphire crown, mounted in 18K yellow gold.

    • Signed ‘Breguet,’ no. 3844. With a green leather Breguet box.

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    Breguet

    Swiss • 1775

    Established 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.

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An Important 18K Gold Skeletonized Wristwatch

Of gilt-finished skeletonized jeweled lever movement visible between two sapphire crystals, the bridges and plates elaborately engraved with foliate scrollwork, with three subsidiary dials indicating day, date, month, leap year indicator and phases of the moon, fan-form sector for 45 hour power reserve, with polished gold bezel and sapphire crown, mounted in 18K yellow gold.
Signed ‘Breguet,’ no. 3844. With a green leather Breguet box.

Estimate
CHF12,000 - 15,000 

Sold for CHF20,000

Magnificent Jewels

18 Nov 2008, 4pm
Geneva