1,048,500 CHF
PerpetuelleBreguet, No. 195/3759, Montre Perpetuelle, started circa An 5, sold to Monsieur Henry Perkins on May 28, 1821 for 5000 francs.Extremely important and rare, 18K gold, minute-repeating self-winding perpetuelle with 60-hour power reserve, ball bearings, and free-sprung helical balance spring in Breguet Morocco fitted box, accompanied by a certificate, made on June 3, 1927. Enamel, made by Morimont, No. 267, secret signature, Breguet numerals, outer minute star track, subsidiary seconds, up-and-down indicator at 10:30. Mounted to gilt brass à bate levée ring. Blued steel Breguet hands. Notes One of the famous early perpetuelles for which Breguet became so famous. The watch is described and illustrated in "The Art of Breguet" by George Daniels, fig. 117. It is one of the very few perpetuelles to survive with its original dial. The watch is also very highly jeweled, and features ball bearings for the weight and jeweled bearing for its arbor, it also has a very carefully executed escapement with a special Breguet alloy. Breguet did not use steel-brass laminas in his early compensatiobalances, he used steel-silver or steel-platinum. The watch has a free-sprung helical balance spring, used by Breguet in his best perpetuelles. The balance stud is set on a friction-fit steel ring, allowing for easy beat adjustment without taking the balance out of the watch.Breguet himself never claimed to be the inventor of the perpetuelle ( the name he gave to his self-winding watch
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-04-12
