Breguet - Hong Kong Watch Auction: THREE Hong Kong Monday, November 28, 2016 | Phillips

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  • Manufacturer: Breguet
    Year: Circa 2006
    Reference No: 3355PT
    Movement No: 2'478
    Case No: 3'233
    Model Name: Classique Complications
    Material: Platinum
    Calibre: Mechanical, 558 SQ1, 21 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: Black crocodile leather strap
    Clasp/Buckle: Platinum Breguet folding deployant clasp
    Dimensions: 36 mm. diameter
    Signed: Case, dial and movement signed
    Accessories: With Breguet undated Certificate of Origin and Warranty and product literature.

  • Catalogue Essay

    The present watch demonstrates the excellence in engineering and visual harmony which Breguet defined. Equipped with a tourbillon mechanism and fully skeletonised, the watch is carefully crafted and delicately engraved. The exceptional openwork further highlights the functional beauty of the tourbillon mechanism. Complete with certificate of origin, the present watch exemplifies Breguet’s centuries-old craftsmanship and mechanical mastery.

  • Artist Biography

    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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Ref. 3355PT
A fine platinum skeletonised tourbillon wristwatch

Circa 2006
36 mm. diameter
Case, dial and movement signed

Estimate
HK$350,000 - 500,000 
€41,100-58,700
$44,000-64,000

Sold for HK$400,000

Hong Kong Watch Auction: THREE

Hong Kong Auction 29 November 2016