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  • Manufacturer: Breguet
    Year: Circa 1995
    Movement No: 4482
    Case No: 3302D
    Model Name: Classique Complications
    Material: 18k white gold
    Calibre: Automatic, cal. 502, 38 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: Alligator
    Clasp/Buckle: 18k white gold Breguet buckle
    Dimensions: 36.5mm Diameter
    Signed: Case, dial and movement signed
    Accessories: Accompanied by a Breguet wooden presentation box and outer packaging.

  • Catalogue Essay

    Breguet’s popular Classique Complications line is the modern embodiment of the precision, clarity and elegant lines Abraham-Louis Breguet created for each of his timepieces. A genius watchmaker, Breguet not only brought technical advancements to the field of horology with inventions like the self-winding movement, perpetual calendar mechanism and tourbillon, but also his watches have a classic clean appeal that is as modern today as it was almost 200 years ago. The engine-turned dial is enhanced with the polished chapter ring and blued steel Breguet hands. The perpetual calendar dials are thoughtfully arranged and designed to work in harmony with the moon phase and power reserve. The 36.5mm diameter case’s coin-edge band compliments the engine-turned work of the dial. The present watch is in excellent overall condition and is fine reminder of horology’s long and historical past.

  • Artist Biography

    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.

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Σ1165

A fine and attractive white gold perpetual calendar wristwatch with moon phases, leap year indication and power reserve

Circa 1995
36.5mm Diameter
Case, dial and movement signed

Estimate
HK$94,000 - 140,000 
€10,600-15,800
$12,100-17,900

Sold for HK$118,750

Contact Specialist

Thomas Perazzi
Head of Watches, Asia
thomasperazzi@phillips.com
+852 2318 2001

The Hong Kong Watch Auction: EIGHT

Hong Kong Auction 28 May 2019