A rare Breguet 1801-2001 anniversary model wristwatch will carry an estimate of $60,000-80,000 to Christie's Important Watches auction in Dubai on October 29.
 The watch was made to celebrate 200 years of the tourbillon |
Made to mark the 200th anniversary of the invention of the tourbillon by company founder Abraham-Louis Breguet, the watch features an 18k pink gold half hunter case and an eccentric silver engine-turned time display - revealed by pressing a button on the crown that lifts the hinged cover.
A one-minute tourbillon carriage is visible through the dial.
A Horologer De La Marine model, also made by Breguet and featuring an 18k pink gold case, is offered with an identical estimate.
 The Horologer Marine model features 25 jewels |
It features a grey engine-turned dial and an aperture for a visible titanium one minute tourbillon carriage.
Breguet produce some of the world's most exclusive clocks and watches.
Last year a Duc d'Orleans Breguet Sympathique made $6.8m at Sotheby's in New York, becoming the most valuable Breguet piece ever sold at auction.
A Vacheron Constantin Geneve Valt Tourbillon model (2008) is estimated at $50,000-70,000. It features a white engine-turned dial, a visible one-minute tourbillon carriage and an eccentric time display.
In 2011 a Vacheron Constantin platinum Minute Repeater sold for $218,500 at Antiquorum.
A rare Franck Muller Long Island Crazy Hour Tourbillon 18k white gold and diamond set model features a valuation of $50,000-70,000.
The watch features a baguette-cut diamond set bezel and lugs alongside mechanical lever movement, 21 jewels and a gold buckle.
A Franck Muller platinum Caliber 97 Mini Repeater sold for $250,000 at Antiquorum in 2008.
We have this Longines men's Olympic series watch for sale, a design classic.
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