French 18k gold, sapphire and diamond-set watch Circa 1980

Gold lever watch with chronograph
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Very unique and extremely fine Fench 18K gold sapphire and diamond-set by Breguet Paris, circa 1980. Self-winding chronograph dress watch with chronograph, 12-hour register and instantaneous 30-minute register. Glazed back, band, bezels, and bow set with sapphires, winding crown and chronograph pushbuttons with diamonds.

Mother of pearl dial, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, outermost chronograph track divided into fifths, engine-turned centre with three subsidiary dials, 30-minute register at 12, 12-hour register at 6, subsidiary seconds at 3. Blued steel Breguet hands. Rhodium-plated, 37 jewels, adjusted to five positions, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance with self-compensating flat balance spring studded to friction-fit bracket for easy beat adjustment, gold bi-directional rotor. Signed on dial, case and movement.
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Diameter: 47 mm
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Signed: Breguet Paris
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This exceptional watch, also a magnificent piece of jewelry with engine-turned motherof-pearl dial was made, with no expenses spared, for a Southeast Asian Royal family.