$96,000
Breguet, “Souscription No. 34/300”. Sold on Dec. 24th, 1992. Made in a limited edition of 300 sets in the early 1990’s. Extremely fine, rare and important set of two Souscription watches: an 18K yellow gold minute-repeating wristwatch with perpetual calendar, phases and age of the moon, leap year indication and yellow 18K gold Breguet buckle, and an 18K yellow gold, self-winding “perpetuelle” pocket watch with power reserve, instantaneous calendar, phases and age of the moon. Accompanied by a certificate and special fitted box (non matching). The Wristwatch Two-tone, guilloche silvered gold with painted radial Roman numerals on a plain reserve; small subsidiary ring dials for the days of the week, the months with concentric leap year indicaton, the date, graduated sector for the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases, secret Breguet signatures. Blued steel Breguet hands. Notes The first Souscription set was specially made for Antiquorum’s thematic auction “The Art of Breguet” held in Geneva on Sunday, April 14, 1991 (lot 203). Abraham-Louis Breguet conceived of the idea for the Souscription watch in 1794, another of the "inventions" resulting from his period of forced exile in Switzerland during the French Revolution. The concept was brilliant and simple: to offer his clients a watch that was reserved in advance and delivered upon completion.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-06-18
