It belongs to a local collector and is in his possession now. Unfortunately it’s not our mutual friend, but I’d be willing to bet you’ll have a chance to see it one day.
For the first time in my life, I had the chance to hold a vintage Breguet in my hands. A charming regulator which was penned in the Breguet archives as having sold in 1825. To think you can still own a piece of real history for the price of a standard iss...
The guilloche work on this dial looked soft and beautiful... like your favorite shirt that has been through the wash too many times to count. I greatly appreciate modern Breguet, but often find the guilloche so crisp and perfect that it somehow distracts....
Surprisingly, the guilloche I enjoyed the most was that inside the minutes subdial. In my photos it looks a little muddled and nondescript. Under the loupe it was a pattern I am unsure of the name, but it reminded me of wind blowing across a grassy field....
I am extremely partial to vintage Breguets especially those made during Breguet's lifetime. I keep deliberating if I should get one at auction as what Breguet did over 200 years ago is simply mind boggling and well ahead of his time. I feel these vintage ...
I believe there is a 0% chance these will be any less value in the future, and you will have the chance to hold true history in your hands. A complication would be fantastic, but even the simple time-only’s are something to behold!
and you know what put me off?! It did not come with its solid case back and I recall you mentioning that you sold yours for this reason. So the simple rule of thumb was - if it ain;t good enough for Nico, it ain't good enough for me!
It belongs to a local collector and is in his possession now. Unfortunately it’s not our mutual friend, but I’d be willing to bet you’ll have a chance to see it one day.
Actually seeing - and handling - something made by probably the greatest watchmaker of all times. Interesting power reserve. And the winding key is a piece of jewelry in itself.
Je comprise en peu, mais je ne parlez pa. French is after all the international watchmaking language, even if I learned the Norwegian and German way. You know, the Swiss-German watchmaking "tribal language" has quite a few French words in the vocabulary. ...