Manufacturer: Breguet Year: Circa 2003 Movement No: 002 Case No: 4895 B Model Name: Classique Complications Material: 18K white gold Calibre: Manual, Cal. 558, 21 jewels Bracelet/Strap: Alligator Clasp/Buckle: 18K white gold Breguet folding deployant clasp Dimensions: 36 mm diameter Signed: Case, dial and movement signed Accessories: With Breguet service invoiced dated 20th November 2017
Catalogue Essay
Breguet has excelled its modern manufacture by designing and crafting some of the most sought-after tourbillon wristwatches today. The present white gold example features a highly sophisticated engine-turned dial, eccentric time display and openwork tourbillon. The watch was recently serviced by Breguet and is preserved in excellent overall condition.
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.