BREGUET. A POSSIBLY UNIQUE, OUTSTANDINGLY RARE, HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT AND PREVIOUSLY UNRECORDED 18K WHITE GOLD TONNEAU-SHAPED PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH RETROGRADE DATE AND MOON PHASES - PROBABLY THE EARLIEST PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH RE - photo 1
BREGUET. A POSSIBLY UNIQUE, OUTSTANDINGLY RARE, HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT AND PREVIOUSLY UNRECORDED 18K WHITE GOLD TONNEAU-SHAPED PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH RETROGRADE DATE AND MOON PHASES - PROBABLY THE EARLIEST PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH RE - photo 2
BREGUET. A POSSIBLY UNIQUE, OUTSTANDINGLY RARE, HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT AND PREVIOUSLY UNRECORDED 18K WHITE GOLD TONNEAU-SHAPED PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH RETROGRADE DATE AND MOON PHASES - PROBABLY THE EARLIEST PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH RE - photo 3
BREGUET. A POSSIBLY UNIQUE, OUTSTANDINGLY RARE, HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT AND PREVIOUSLY UNRECORDED 18K WHITE GOLD TONNEAU-SHAPED PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH RETROGRADE DATE AND MOON PHASES - PROBABLY THE EARLIEST PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH RE - photo 4
BREGUET. A POSSIBLY UNIQUE, OUTSTANDINGLY RARE, HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT AND PREVIOUSLY UNRECORDED 18K WHITE GOLD TONNEAU-SHAPED PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH RETROGRADE DATE AND MOON PHASES - PROBABLY THE EARLIEST PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH RE - photo 5
BREGUET. A POSSIBLY UNIQUE, OUTSTANDINGLY RARE, HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT AND PREVIOUSLY UNRECORDED 18K WHITE GOLD TONNEAU-SHAPED PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH RETROGRADE DATE AND MOON PHASES - PROBABLY THE EARLIEST PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH RE - photo 6
BREGUET. A POSSIBLY UNIQUE, OUTSTANDINGLY RARE, HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT AND PREVIOUSLY UNRECORDED 18K WHITE GOLD TONNEAU-SHAPED PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH RETROGRADE DATE AND MOON PHASES - PROBABLY THE EARLIEST PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH RE - photo 7

BREGUET. A POSSIBLY UNIQUE, OUTSTANDINGLY RARE, HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT AND PREVIOUSLY UNRECORDED 18K WHITE GOLD TONNEAU-SHAPED PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH RETROGRADE DATE AND MOON PHASES - PROBABLY THE EARLIEST PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH RE

Lot 58
11.11.2024 13:00UTC +01:00
Classic
Sold
CHF 1 920 500
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationSwitzerland, Geneva
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ID 1325336
Lot 58 | BREGUET. A POSSIBLY UNIQUE, OUTSTANDINGLY RARE, HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT AND PREVIOUSLY UNRECORDED 18K WHITE GOLD TONNEAU-SHAPED PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH RETROGRADE DATE AND MOON PHASES - PROBABLY THE EARLIEST PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH RE
Estimate value
CHF 100 000 – 200 000
BREGUET. A POSSIBLY UNIQUE, OUTSTANDINGLY RARE, HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT AND PREVIOUSLY UNRECORDED 18K WHITE GOLD TONNEAU-SHAPED PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH RETROGRADE DATE AND MOON PHASES - PROBABLY THE EARLIEST PERPETUAL CALENDAR WRISTWATCH WITH RETROGRADE DATE
SIGNED BREGUET, NO. 3218, ‘QUANTIEME PERPETUEL - DATE RETROGRADE, JOURS ET MOIS GUICHETS, PHASES DE LUNE’, MANUFACTURED IN 1935, SOLD TO MONSIEUR PAUL IRIBE ON 24 MAY, 1935, FOR THE SUM OF 10,000 FRANCS
Movement: Manual
Dial: Silvered
Case: 26 mm. wide, 40 mm. overall length
With: Two colour gold deployant clasp stamped ‘EJ’ for Edmond Jaeger and numbered 24483, 10054
Remark: One of only two known vintage rectangular Breguet wristwatches with retrograde date
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