BREGUET, CLASSIQUE PERPETUAL CHRONOGRAPH - WHITE GOLD , No. 2960L, Ref. 5617. Very fine and rare, 18K white gold wristwatch [..]
Dial, case and movement signed, in very good conditionDIAM: 38,5 mm THICKNESS: 11 mmNOTE: Abraham Louis Breguet was born in Neuchatel, Switzerland, on January 10, 1747.He moved to Paris at the age of 15, he founded his first factory at Quai d 'Horloge all' age of 28 years.Among its technical innovations should be mentioned the tourbillon regulator (patented in 1801), the systematic adoption of rubies for the mechanisms of friction reduction (employed initially by the British), the introduction of automatic charging, the improvement of the perpetual calendar. Among the aesthetic innovations of wider eco remember the refined solutions of guillochés dials, the adoption of the Breguet hands, coin shaped case