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Breguet
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 CHF
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Description
- A fine and extremely rare pink gold chronograph tourbillon wristwatch with registers1997, No.2573, Ref. 3567
- diameter 38mm.
18k, damascened nickel lever movement (cal.554, 12 lignes), 25 jewels, one-minute tourbillon carriage with mono-metallic compensation balance, adjusted to 6 positions, engine-turned silvered dial, outer chapter ring with Roman numerals, blued steel Breguet hands, subsidiary dials for 30-minute and 12-hour registers, aperture for the tourbillon cage at 12 under a polished 2-arm steel bridge, circular polished case with stepped bezel and milled band, round chronograph pushers, sapphire crystal display back, case, dial and movement signed, movement further signed 'Brevet du 7 Messidor An 9' , with 18k pink gold Breguet buckle, accompanied by a wooden presentation case and a Certificate of Origin and instruction manual
Catalogue Note
This model was produced in a limited edition of only 3 pieces in pink gold, in 1997 to commemorate Abraham Louis Breguet's 250th birthday.
'7 Messidor An 9' stands for June 26th 1801, according to the Republican Calendar used at that time and is the date that Breguet received the patent for the tourbillon regulator from the French Ministry of the Interior.
'7 Messidor An 9' stands for June 26th 1801, according to the Republican Calendar used at that time and is the date that Breguet received the patent for the tourbillon regulator from the French Ministry of the Interior.