Christie's Geneva · 2014
Breguet — Tourbillon No. 1176
Reference 1176 · 18k Yellow Gold
$821,000
≈ CHF664k · €720k · £620k · HK$6.44M · ¥133,412,500
About this lot
The very first four-minute tourbillon ever created by Abraham-Louis Breguet. It features a fan-shaped power reserve indicator and was sold to Count Potocki in 1809, making it a foundational piece of horological history.
Ranks #2 of 48 Breguet auction lots we track (top 4%) · #187 of 1,119 documented luxury watch sales overall (top 17%) · all Breguet records →
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| 2516 | Tonneau Perpetual Calendar | $475,000 | 2011 | Christie's Geneva |
| 3857 | 250th Anniversary Minute Repeating Perpetual Calendar Tourbillon | $410,800 | 2014 | Sotheby's Hong Kong |
| Hijri Calendar | Breguet Chaumet Hijri Calendar | $273,158 | 2024 | Phillips Geneva |
| 3857 | 250th Anniversary Tourbillon | $235,500 | 2021 | Christie's Hong Kong |
| Type XX | Type XX No. 499 | $213,716 | 2025 | Phillips Geneva |
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