Christie's Geneva · 2011
Breguet — Tonneau Perpetual Calendar
Reference 2516 · 18k White Gold
$475,000
≈ CHF418k · €437k · £375k · HK$3.72M · ¥74,100,000
About this lot
The earliest purpose-made perpetual calendar wristwatch ever made, featuring an instantaneous calendar and a unique tonneau-shaped case.
Ranks #3 of 48 Breguet auction lots we track (top 6%) · #278 of 1,119 documented luxury watch sales overall (top 25%) · all Breguet records →
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| 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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