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Breguet
Ref. 8441BA
Classique Marine
A dazzling and extremely rare ladies’ yellow gold, diamond and ruby-set automatic wristwatch with diamond and ruby-set dial, bracelet, and presentation box
完整圖錄內容
• Sumptuously set with beautifully cut diamonds and rubies to case, bracelet, and dial
• Case and bracelet designed and stamped HYS for Jörg Hysek, notably the designer of the Vacheron Constantin 222 and also the Breguet Marine
In 1990, Breguet decided to meet the call of the modern era and introduce a line of sports watches. At the time, the company that had been owned by Chaumet for two decades had been purchased by global equity firm Investcorp, which then acquired Nouvelle Lemania shortly thereafter. In order to compete with its contemporaries, a sports watch for both genders was certainly needed to jumpstart sales.
They called upon German designer and artist Jörg Hysek, most notable for the design of Vacheron Constantin’s 222. Under the aegis of his own design company, Hysek Styling, he designed and created the Breguet Marine, a model with all the classicism and refinement of Breguet, but built for a more active lifestyle. The model remains in the contemporary Breguet catalogue to this day.
This particular Breguet Marine is elevated by a dial, case, and bracelet copiously bedazzled by channel-set rubies and diamonds of various sizes. In this early era of the Marine, several examples were similarly encrusted in precious gems. These pieces have become highly sought-after by collectors, and the present 8441BA enrobed in rubies and diamonds can be no exception.
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.