{"product_id":"breguet-souscription-grand-complication-set-watch-and-pocket-watch-circa-1992","title":"Breguet Souscription Grand Complication Set Watch and Pocket Watch, Circa 1992","description":"    \n        \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand\u003c\/b\u003e: Breguet\n        \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReference\u003c\/b\u003e: 3430\n        \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYear\u003c\/b\u003e: 1992\n        \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaterial\u003c\/b\u003e: 18k YG\n        \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDial Color\u003c\/b\u003e: Silver Guilloche\n        \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDimensions\u003c\/b\u003e: 35 mm\n        \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWatch Movement\u003c\/b\u003e: Manual-Wind\n        \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBracelet\/Strap\u003c\/b\u003e: Black with Original Buckle\n        \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBox\/Paper\u003c\/b\u003e: Watch Only\n        \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition\u003c\/b\u003e: Excellent Overall Condition, No Notable Signs of Wear\n        \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU\u003c\/b\u003e: 207929\n\n    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \n            \u003cbr\u003e\nFew modern creations capture the historic codes of Breguet as convincingly as the Souscription Grand Complication sets produced in the early 1990s. Conceived as a paired wristwatch and pocket watch, these ensembles were designed to echo the maisons 18th- and 19th-century souscription and perpetuelle traditions while showcasing the highest level of contemporary mechanical watchmaking.\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThis yellow gold example dates to 1992 and presents the concept in its most classical form: matching guilloche dials, blued Breguet hands, Roman numerals, fluted casebands, and restrained proportions that place legibility and balance above spectacle. The result is not decorative excess, but disciplined, traditional watchmaking executed at a very high standard.\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe wristwatch, a reference 3430, measures a refined 35mm and houses a perpetual calendar minute repeater  among the most technically demanding combinations in horology. The calendar indications are arranged with clarity across the dial, including day, date, month, leap year, and moon phase, while the repeater is activated by a slide in the caseband. On the wrist, it wears like a classic Breguet dress watch, slim and discreet, with its complexity revealed only upon closer inspection. It is precisely this understatement that defines the piece: a grand complication presented with restraint.\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIts companion pocket watch, a reference 1890, scaled to 62mm, draws directly from historic souscription models. The larger format allows the hand-turned guilloche to fully express itself, with broad, open architecture and traditional sub-dials that emphasize precision and symmetry. In hand, it has the reassuring weight and presence of a true classical timekeeper  less an accessory and more an object of horological substance.\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAcross both pieces, the details are consistent and purposeful: crisp engine-turned dials, heat-blued steel hands, fine typography, and warm yellow gold cases with sharply defined fluting and hallmarks. The finishing and construction reflect the artisanal approach associated with this period of Breguets revival, when small-scale production and traditional methods defined the output.\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nComplete sets of this nature are seldom encountered, particularly preserved together. For the collector who values historical continuity as much as mechanical depth, this pairing offers something distinct  a cohesive expression of Breguets past and present, spanning pocket and wrist in one unified, classically executed grand complication ensemble.\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n        ","brand":"Breguet","offers":[{"title":"Silver Guilloche \/ 35 mm \/ 18k YG","offer_id":47639134535919,"sku":"207929","price":225000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0207\/2436\/files\/207929-2.jpg?v=1775674503","url":"https:\/\/thekeystone.com\/products\/breguet-souscription-grand-complication-set-watch-and-pocket-watch-circa-1992","provider":"The Keystone Watches","version":"1.0","type":"link"}