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Breguet, No. 1348. An exceptional and highly important large 20K gold openface cylinder watch with days of the week indication, annual Gregorian calendar, additional gold index for the Julian calendar, signs of the Zodiac and special disengaging equation of time mechanism Signed Breguet, No. 1348, sold on 3 fructidor an 13 (21 August 1805) to Messieurs Meyer et Tues for the sum of 2160 Francs. Movement: 24''', gilt brass, ‘three-bridge type caliber, standing barrel, ruby cylinder escapement, three-arm plain brass balance, blued steel flat balance spring with compensation curb and parachute on the top pivot, signed Breguet Dial: White enamel by Borel, secret signature below 12 o'clock, Breguet numerals, outer minute track, annual calendar scale with months and corresponding Zodiac signs, days of the month, subsidiary dial with later printed days of the week, outer Julian calendar indicated by a gold pointer fixed to the annual calendar hand, equation of time with serpentine Breguet hand, signed Breguet et Fils Case: No. 427 by Guillaume Mermillod, gilt hinged cuvette with winding and setting apertures, one for the mean time, one for equation, French 20K guarantee marks, 62 mm. diam. With: Breguet Certificate No. 4664 dated 8 April 2021, green Morocco box stamped "Breguet N. 1348" on the cover, original gold Breguet ratchet key on short gold chain and Study by Eric Tortella, 2021