Important Watches featuring Masterworks of Time
Important Watches featuring Masterworks of Time
A RARE AND HEAVY GOLD AND DIAMOND-SET OPEN-FACED SKELETONISED TWO-TRAIN GRANDE SONNERIE CLOCK WATCH WITH TRIP MINUTE REPEATING CARILLON, PERPETUAL CALENDAR AND MOON PHASES NO. 1070, SOLD ON 24 NOVEMBER 1980 FOR 280,000 FRANCS [ 寶璣罕見黃金鑲鑽石鏤空雙發條大自鳴懷錶備三問鐘樂報時、萬年曆及月相顯示,編號1070,1980年11月24日以280,000法郎售出]
Auction Closed
November 11, 05:36 PM GMT
Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 CHF
Lot Details
Description
Breguet
A RARE AND HEAVY GOLD AND DIAMOND-SET OPEN-FACED SKELETONISED TWO-TRAIN GRANDE SONNERIE CLOCK WATCH WITH TRIP MINUTE REPEATING CARILLON, PERPETUAL CALENDAR AND MOON PHASES
NO. 1070, SOLD ON 24 NOVEMBER 1980 FOR 280,000 FRANCS
[ 寶璣罕見黃金鑲鑽石鏤空雙發條大自鳴懷錶備三問鐘樂報時、萬年曆及月相顯示,編號1070,1980年11月24日以280,000法郎售出]
• Movement: gilded, two train, tandem winding, highly decoratively engraved plates and bridges with scrolling foliage, lever escapement, 44 jewels, compensation balance, swan-neck precision regulation, three polished steel hammers carillon striking gongs on the hours and quarters and trip carillon minute repeating on demand, signed Breguet and numbered 1070
• Dial: skeletonised, diamond-set hour indexes, four gold chapter rings for day, month with leap year indication, date and subsidiary seconds combined with lapis lazuli aperture for moon phases with gold and blued disc
• Case: 18ct gold, substantial stepped and rounded bezels, milled band, cabochon sapphire-set trip repeat button to crown, strike/silent slide beside pendant marked A/S for ârret/sonnerie,pendant signed and numbered Breguet 1070
diameter 61mm
Accompanied by a Breguet certificate dated 31 August 2020.
It is particularly rare to find a mechanical watch of this complexity produced in 1980, a year in which the watch industry was still reeling from the effects of the Quartz Crisis. Almost certainly a special commission, the skeletonised design, elaborately engraved movement and impressive, heavy gold case stand as testament to Breguet's conviction in the perpetuity of the watchmaker's art.