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Breguet
Ref. 5307BA
Classique
An exquisite and ineffably elegant yellow gold automatic wristwatch with tourbillon and regulateur-style dial
Full-Cataloguing
- The present piece celebrates arguably Breguet's most famous invention, the tourbillon - a system where the continuous rotation of the entire balance wheel averages out deviations due to gravity. Breguet patented the invention on June 26 1801, which translates in the French Revolutionary calendar to 7 Messidor, An 9 - the date discreetly engraved to the back of the tourbillon itself.
- The watch is offered full set - down to the numbered sale tag - and in excellent condition. The thin layer of case oxidation increases the warmth of the piece and underscores how little it has been used through its lifetime.
Breguet
Swiss | 1775Established 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.