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Breguet
Minute Repeating Perpetual Calendar - Unique
A unique and astounding and ultra rare white gold open face minute repeating perpetual calendar pocket watch with moonphase display
- Estimate
- CHF20,000 - 40,000€21,600 - 43,200$25,100 - 50,200
CHF69,850
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Breguet
- Year
- 1942
- Case No
- Dial signed 2832
- Model Name
- Minute Repeating Perpetual Calendar - Unique
- Material
- 18k white gold
- Calibre
- Manual
- Dimensions
- 47mm diameter
- Signed
- Dial signed
- Accessories
- Accompanied by Breguet Extract from the Archives confirming sale of the present piece on 21 January, 1942 and presentation box.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
The present Breguet number 2832 is not only a testament to Abraham-Louis Breguet’s heritage – he did after all invent the minute repeater as we know it – but part of the extremely rare pieces Breguet created during the Art Deco era especially one as complicated as the present piece featuring a perpetual calendar combined with a delicate minute repeating function.
According to research the present minute repeating perpetual calendar is a unique piece.
The present example does away with Breguet’s traditional design language (notably coin edge case and guilloche dial) other than the Breguet hands in exchange for a slim white gold case with a dial configuration, whereas the design is typical of the Art Deco period, the watch was sold in 1942.
The months are indicated on top part of the dial on a 4 year scale, date at 3 o’clock , the month at 9 o’clock and age and phases of the moon at 6 o’clock, and the repeater is activated via the lever on the right.
The desirability of the present Breguet reaches new heights once we mention that it is not only fresh to the market but offered by the family of the original owner.
We would like to thank Emmanuel Breguet and the Breguet museum for their help in researching the present watch.
According to research the present minute repeating perpetual calendar is a unique piece.
The present example does away with Breguet’s traditional design language (notably coin edge case and guilloche dial) other than the Breguet hands in exchange for a slim white gold case with a dial configuration, whereas the design is typical of the Art Deco period, the watch was sold in 1942.
The months are indicated on top part of the dial on a 4 year scale, date at 3 o’clock , the month at 9 o’clock and age and phases of the moon at 6 o’clock, and the repeater is activated via the lever on the right.
The desirability of the present Breguet reaches new heights once we mention that it is not only fresh to the market but offered by the family of the original owner.
We would like to thank Emmanuel Breguet and the Breguet museum for their help in researching the present watch.
Breguet
Swiss | 1775 Established in 1775 by Abraham Louis Breguet, widely considered the greatest watchmaker of all time, the storied brand continues to thrive in the modern era, creating exceptional high-end watches as the Swatch Group's premier prestige brand. Some of the most important and lasting inventions in watchmaking are attributed to Abraham Louis Breguet, including the tourbillon, shock resistance and the use of hammers and gongs employed in nearly all minute repeating watches made since.
Eighteenth and nineteenth century Breguet pocketwatches are especially sought-after by collectors, and many of them were made for the elite of European society, including Napoléon and Marie Antoinette. Key wristwatches from the twentieth century include oversized dress watches, two-register chronographs, triple calendars and Type XX aviator's chronographs made for the French military and civilians.
Browse MakerEighteenth and nineteenth century Breguet pocketwatches are especially sought-after by collectors, and many of them were made for the elite of European society, including Napoléon and Marie Antoinette. Key wristwatches from the twentieth century include oversized dress watches, two-register chronographs, triple calendars and Type XX aviator's chronographs made for the French military and civilians.