Property of the original owner
Breguet
No. 3176 | A yellow gold triple calendar chronograph wristwatch with moon phases | Sold to Monsieur Cloutier on 9 December 1965 for Fr. 1,480
Auction Closed
May 10, 02:36 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 80,000 CHF
Lot Details
Description
Dial: silvered dial, applied gold Arabic and dot hour indexes, subsidiary dials for constant seconds and 30-minute register, further 12-hour register combined with aperture for moon phases, apertures for day and month in French, outer scales for minutes/chronograph seconds calibrated for fifths, Arabic 5-minute markers, tachymetric scale, outermost red date ring with corresponding central indicating hand, dauphine hour and minute hands, Breguet cursive signature
Calibre: 13’’’ Valjoux calibre 88 manually wound movement, lever escapement, 17 jewels, compensation balance
Case: 18k yellow gold case, down-turned lugs, rectangular chronograph pushers, snap-on case back with personalised engraving 'PHC NOËL 1965’, outside case back with rubbed French owl import assay, Breguet sponsor’s mark GB with a spring between in oval cartouche and numbered 3176
Case number: 3'176
Size: diameter 36mm, depth including crystal 12.5 mm
Box: no
Papers: no
Accessories: Breguet 250th anniversary certificate
Please note the leather strap derived from endangered species is for display purposes only and is not sold with the watch. The watch will be shipped with a Sotheby’s branded calf leather strap.
A very rare triple calendar chronograph wristwatch, the present model is fitted with the highly regarded calibre 88, produced by the Swiss chronograph and calendar specialists Valjoux. The few examples equipped with this movement represent the most collectible iterations of triple calendar chronographs produced by Breguet during the period.
Breguet’s triple calendar chronographs are particularly admired for their refined and highly legible dial layouts, combining technical complexity with a classical sense of balance, and were produced in very limited numbers, further enhancing their desirability among collectors.
Adding a deeply personal dimension, the present watch is consigned by the original owner, to whom it was gifted by his wife for Christmas in 1965, further enriching its provenance and emotional significance.
For a closely comparable example, numbered 3149 and sold on 8 January 1965, see Emmanuel Breguet, Breguet: Watchmakers Since 1775, Revised and Expanded Edition, Swan Éditeur, 2016, p. 345, fig. 409.