Benzinger “Régulateur” in red gold

Collecting · · by Christian Bissener


Benzinger Régulateur in a red gold case with guilloché dial, decentred minutes and small seconds at six o’clock

A very special watch with the hours indicated towards 12 o’clock, decentred minutes running through the hour indication and small seconds at 6 o’clock: the Benzinger “Régulateur”.

It is cased in 750/000 18kt red gold, 42 mm in diameter. The dial is hand-guilloché (Strahlenguilloché for the sub-dial) and hand-skeletonised, finished with original Breguet frost and fitted with flame-blued Breguet hands.

Back of the Benzinger Régulateur showing the skeletonised, engraved movement
The movement, hand-guilloché, hand-skeletonised and hand-engraved

The main plate is black PVD coated, while the train bridge, the barrel bridge and the cock are finished in rhodium and gold. The screws, the ratchet wheel and the crown wheel are flame-blued.

Caseback view of the Benzinger Régulateur with engraved case band and open movement
Open caseback with engraved case band