Breguet
Marine, Reference 8400 | A yellow gold wristwatch with date | Circa 1995
Lot Closed
May 13, 02:08 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 10,000 CHF
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Description
Dial: silvered
Calibre: cal. 889/1 automatic, 33 jewels
Case: 18k yellow gold, case back secured by 6screws
Case number: 2793 C
Closure: 18k yellow gold Breguet folding buckle
Size: 36 mm diameter
Signed: case, dial and movement
Box: no
Papers: no
Accessories: none
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.
Sotheby's, London, 14 December 1995, Lot 183
The reference 8400 belongs to Breguet’s early modern Marine line, combining the maison’s classical codes with a more rounded and contemporary case profile.
The present example is executed in yellow gold and fitted with a silvered dial with guilloché centre, Roman numerals, blued Breguet hands and a date aperture at six o’clock. The fluted case band and signed crown further anchor the watch within Breguet’s established design language.
Powered by the automatic calibre 889/1, the watch is a restrained late twentieth-century interpretation of the Marine model, elegant in proportion and classical in execution.