Breguet, No. 195/3759. An extremely rare and highly important 18K gold openface self-winding minute repeating jumping hour lever watch with free sprung helical balance spring and 60-hour power reserve Signed Breguet, No. 195/3759, 3rd series ‘Montre Perpétuelle’, construction of the movement begun circa 1797, sold in 1807, resold on 28 May 1821 to Monsieur Henry Perkins for the sum of 5'000 Francs Movement: Gilt brass three quarter plate with two going barrels, tandem winding, five-wheel train, 20 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, three-arm steel and special alloy compensation balance, three platinum meantime adjustment screws, blued steel helical free-sprung balance spring with both terminal curves, early type parachute on both pivots, half-ogival oscillating platinum winding weight, stop mechanism to prevent overwinding, jewelled with endstones, Breguet-type repeating system with two hammers on a short gong fixed to the case, activated by depressing the pendant Dial: White enamel by Morimont, No. 267, secret signature below 12 o'clock Case: Form Collier, engine-turned in grains d'orge pattern with small polished circle on the back cover, 53 mm. diam. With: Breguet Certificate No. 4665 dated 8 April 2021, later Breguet presentation box numbered 195
Breguet, No. 195/3759. An extremely rare and highly important 18K gold openface self-winding minute repeating jumping hour lever watch with free sprung helical balance spring and 60-hour power reserve Signed Breguet, No. 195/3759, 3rd series ‘Montre Perpétuelle’, construction of the movement begun circa 1797, sold in 1807, resold on 28 May 1821 to Monsieur Henry Perkins for the sum of 5'000 Francs Movement: Gilt brass three quarter plate with two going barrels, tandem winding, five-wheel train, 20 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, three-arm steel and special alloy compensation balance, three platinum meantime adjustment screws, blued steel helical free-sprung balance spring with both terminal curves, early type parachute on both pivots, half-ogival oscillating platinum winding weight, stop mechanism to prevent overwinding, jewelled with endstones, Breguet-type repeating system with two hammers on a short gong fixed to the case, activated by depressing the pendant Dial: White enamel by Morimont, No. 267, secret signature below 12 o'clock Case: Form Collier, engine-turned in grains d'orge pattern with small polished circle on the back cover, 53 mm. diam. With: Breguet Certificate No. 4665 dated 8 April 2021, later Breguet presentation box numbered 195
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