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Awesome!
Jul 12, 2020,04:20 AM
Thanks for the post and the detailed photos!
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Breguet 1297 Whirling about regulator: A watch fit for King George III
By: gadalex : July 12th, 2020-03:34
Whilst Sotheby's sold a probably unique, modern Rolex Daytona, for a King's ransom in their Hong Kong sale over the weekend, I managed a couple of hours at the preview of their London sale on Bond Street aiming to see some remarkable pieces of horology fr...
Awesome!
By: countzero : July 12th, 2020-04:20
Thanks for the post and the detailed photos!
Impressive...
By: George Gently : July 12th, 2020-04:27
Thank you Very much, Baruch, for this interesting write-up and for the pictures. Regards, George
Thank you!
By: gadalex : July 12th, 2020-04:58
Some further context. 'Whirling about regulator' is a translation of the French 'Ragulateur ร tourbillon' as found on the cartouche of a similar watch. The common seconds is the running seconds and the 'seconds for observation' is essentially a 60 seconds...
Not at all!
By: gadalex : July 12th, 2020-06:39
So much information on the website I thought it best to direct interested parties there rather than trying to repeat it here badly!
Utterly jaw dropping
By: Brandon Skinner : July 12th, 2020-09:28
Itโs my hope the winning bidder is Breguet themselves, so this can become part of their extensive collection. I would love to see it myself one day, and selfishly this probably presents my best chance of having the opportunity. Whatever the final price is...
A triple ๐๐๐
By: Jurry : July 12th, 2020-11:04
๐for sharing this unique watch ๐for great pictures ๐for your superb eloquent wording which makes it pleasure to read
:-) [nt]
By: kjkt3 : July 12th, 2020-15:42