AN EXTREMELY RARE AND FINE OVERSIZED SILVER SKELETONISED OPEN-FACED ONE-MINUTE TOURBILLON WATCH WITH MINUTE REPETITI🌌ON, SPLIT-SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH AND 60-MINUTE REGISTER NO. 4698, SOLD TO MONSIEUR DULLES ON 30 APRIL 1962 FOR 9534 NOUVEAUX FRANCS [ 寶璣極罕有特大銀製一分鐘陀飛輪鏤空懷錶,備三問報時、追針及60分鐘計時,編號4698]
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November 12, 03:36 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 CHF
Lot Details
Description
Breguet
AN EXTREMELY RARE AND FINE OVERSIZED SILVER ♎;SKELETONISED OPEN-FACED ONE-MINUTE TOURBILLON WATCH WITH MINUTE REPETITION, SPLIT-SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH AND 60-MINUTE REGISTER
NO. 4𒅌698, SOLD TO MONSIEUR DULLES ON 30 APRIL 1962 FOR 9534 NOUVEAUX FRANCS
[ 寶璣極罕有特大銀製一分鐘陀飛輪鏤空懷錶,備三問報時、追針及60分鐘計時,編號4698]
• Movement: gilded, one-minute tourbillon carriage with Nielsen Type II cage and lever escapement, bi-metallic compensation balance, steel chronograph mechanism partially visible to the backplate, signed and numbered Breguet, no. 4698
• Dial: glass, revealing repeating racks and winding system to the movement's gilded front plate, black Roman numerals, two subsidiary dials for constant seconds and 60-minute register, outer track for minutes/chronograph seconds, blued steel hands, signed and numbered Breguet, no. 4698
• Case: massive silver, chamfered bezels, glazed back, pushers for split and hand-setting, repeating slide to plain flat band, control marks to base
diameter 64mm
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Accompanied by a Breguet certificate dated 8 Septembಞer 2020.
A highly unusual Breguet, this complex pocket watch is executed in the style o🐭f an exhibition watch. The glazed dial and case back (both🙈 of which are detailed on the Breguet certificate) allow the owner to fully appreciate the intricacies of the watch's tourbillon, split-seconds chronograph and repeating work. Cased in silver and of large size and proportions, there is a particularly satisfying heft to the case.