A very fine 18ct gold open-faced montre perpétuelle with state-of-wind indication accompanied by Breguet certificate, gold chain and fitted presentation case

19’’’ Victorin Piguet ébauche, damascened decoration, lever escapement, bi-metallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet hairspring, gold perpetuelle weight recessed within main plate, movement numbered 2784

silver dial, guilloché clou de Paris decoration, satin finished chapter rings for hours with Roman numerals and pearled minute track, further ring for subsidiary seconds with pearling and blued steel hand, all chapters with crémaillère borders, gold Breguet hands, angled cartouches for state of wind indication with long blued steel pointer and signature panel signed Breguet No. 2784

18ct gold polished case, convex bezels with raised borders, plain gold polished hinged cuvette, crown to pendant for manual winding and hand-setting, case back and cuvette interiors with French eagle’s head assay marks and maker’s mark B beneath a hairspring in lozenge-shaped cartouche for Breguet, eagle assay to band beside pendant

Measurements

diameter 49.5mm

case depth 12.2mm

weight 98.2g (without chain)

weight of chain 18.4g

Accompaniments

with a Breguet certificate no. 3301 and a gold Breguet chain, bow clip with French eagle’s head assay, terminating in a sprung jump ring with mixed metal boar/eagle French assay mark, red morocco leather presentation box with fitted green velvet interior, silk lined lid signed in gilded lettering Breguet, 28. Place Vendome, Paris. and a Breguet 250^th anniversary certificate