18ct yellow gold Breguet Half hunter pocketwatch. Made 1919

Information

• • Brand: Breguet
  • Made: 1919
  • Model: Half Hunter
  • Reference: 3551
  • Calibre: N/A
  • Movement: Manual
  • Material: 18ct yellow gold
  • Features/complications: Enamel numerals on cover
  • Dial: Enamel dial with outer minute track featuring arabic numerals and subsidiary seconds at 6 o'clock with blue steeled Breguet hands
  • Case Dimensions: 47mm
  • Bracelet/Strap: N/A
  • Accessories: N/A
  • SKU: 3547

Essay

ounded in 1775 and based in L'Abbaye, Switzerland, Breguet is one of the oldest continuously operating watchmaking brands, and to this day, a highly regarded watchmaker. Famously known for inventing the breguet hands (previously known as pomme hands) and the 'tourbillon', Breguet watches are however frequently distinguished by their coin-edge cases and guilloché dials.

This particular pocketwatch sold on the 1st of September 1919, to Monsieur De Contades.breguet