SKU: 9088/52/964/DD0D

Breguet Classique Ladies 9087BB/29/964

$33200.00

Mechanical Self-winding ( Automatic )

Breguet Calibre 537L

18K White Gold case / Alligator strap

Diameter : 30 mm.

Water resistant : 30 M.

Power reserve : 45 h.

Sapphire crystal Scratch-resistant

Features : Diamond bezel – Moon Phase – Enamel Dial – 2 years international warranty

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Description

Case in 18-carat white gold with a delicately fluted caseband. Bezel and lugs set with 66 brilliant-cut diamonds (approx. 1.04 cts). Sapphire-crystal caseback. 30mm diameter. Welded lugs with screw bars. Water-resistant to 3 bar (30m).
Dial in “grand feu” enamel. Individually numbered and signed Breguet. Hours chapter with Arabic numerals. Moon-age and -phase indicator, plus small seconds at 6 o’clock. Breguet open-tipped hands in blued steel.
Self-winding movement, numbered and signed Breguet. Cal. 537L. 83/4 lignes. 26 jewels. 45 hours power reserve. In-line Swiss lever escapement in silicon. Silicon balance-spring. Balance frequency 3.5Hz. Adjusted in 6 positions.
The hands at this time, often short, broad and heavily decorated, added to the generally rather ponderous effect and difficulty of reading the dial. From his earliest days as a watchmaker, Breguet set out to streamline not only the internal mechanisms but also the external forms of his watches. As the hands are an essential part of the watch, both functionally and aesthetically, it is not surprising that this is another area in which Abraham-Louis Breguet left his indelible mark. To begin with he used gold English hands, until in about 1783 he invented a type of hand that was uncompromisingly new, made of gold or blued steel, and described variously as resembling a hollow apple or a crescent moon, the principle being that the points were hollowed out in eccentric fashion. Of extreme delicacy and irresistible elegance, the new shape was an immediate success. The term ‘Breguet hands’, like ‘Breguet overcoil’, soon entered the vocabulary of watchmaking.