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About This Watch

Pre-owned. Comes with a Breguet boxes & dated paper but no manual. The Breguet Hora Mundi is a beautiful worldtime from the original Marine Collection. The elaborately decorated crown has a sleeve that's engraved with Breguet & it rotates at the command of your finger tips to adjust the racheting outer disc that shows the time in 24 different cities. An ingenious design that combines two functions on the crown without needing a button or a 2nd crown unlike conventional world-time watches. A date @ 6 o'clock adds a practical feature for daily use.

One owner's watch purchased new from the Breguet boutique in Dubai back in 2007.

This is a discontinued model & a rare watch that seldom appears in the pre-owned market. Well, Breguet watches are never mass market. They exhibit an aura of nobleness and exclusivity which every watch connoisseur knows and Breguet designs are often replicated by other manufacturers.

Watch is in mint condition & seldom used so it has a hint of red oxidisation on the crevices of the gold case which gives it a vintage look and this can be chemical washed to refresh it but we prefer to leave it with a patina.

Louis Cottier's basic concept for heures universelles remains the standard used for mechanical world timers today, and they are still an often overlooked class of elegant gentleman's wristwatches. Breguet's Hora Mundi is probably the clearest example of the timelessness of Cottier's design, modified slightly by Breguet for use in the Marine case, with the knob for manual adjustment of the outer ring placed co-axial with the crown. The central dial features the more understated decoration used by many historical examples, engraved lightly with a globe. Its one substantive break from tradition is the calendar guichet at 6 o'clock, and like all of today's mechanical world timers for the wrist, Breguet's Hora Mundi has automatic winding.

Very reasonable price for a World-Time solid gold watch with deployant buckle and most online dealers are selling this model for thousands more than us.