C. Four-body, "Empire", by Joly, No. 1729, polished bezel, engine-turned band, engine turned back with polished border. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel, Breguet numerals, offset subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Frosted gilt, bar caliber, standing barrel, 13 jewels, Breguet overhanging ruby cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm flat-rim balance, the top pivot with parachute, flat blued steel balance spring with bimetallic compensation curb on the index regulator. Quarter repeating on the case with a massive polished steel single hammer activated by depressing the pendant. Dial and cuvette signed, movement numbered. Diam. 56 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 50,000 - 60,000
EUR 32,000 - 38,000
USD 40,000 - 50,000
C. Three-body, ?Empire?, silver, engine turned, gold bezels, pendant and à tact hand, engine-turned band with gold touch pieces, the interiors of the covers with engraved presentation inscriptions. Gilt metal dust cover. D. White enamel, by Borel (No.9), outer Breguet numerals and inner five-minute track, secret signature below 12. Blued-steel pointer hand. M. 57 mm (25'''), frosted gilt, souscription caliber, central barrel wound from the back, overhanging ruby cylinder escapement, three arm brass balance, the top pivot with parachute, blued steel flat balance spring, bimetallic temperature compensation curb fitted to the index regulator. Dial, movement and dust cover signed and numbered, case numbered. Diam. 62 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 40,000 - 60,000
EUR 25,000 - 38,000
USD 33,000 - 50,000
Sold: CHF 100,300
C. Three-body, "forme quatre baguettes", No. 3940, by Tavernier (master mark), engine-turned, the back cover with central female winding aperture and rosette, secured by a single screw accessed from beneath the dial. D. Silver, radial Roman numerals and outer dot five-minute divisions, engine turned center, aperture for the regulator above 6 o?clock. Blued-steel ?Breguet Souscription? hand. M. 33 mm., (15'''), frosted gilt, ?souscription? caliber, central barrel wound from the front or back, overhanging ruby cylinder escapement, three arm gold balance, the top pivot with parachute, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial signed, case and movement numbered. Diam. 38 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 140,000 - 160,000
EUR 90,000 - 100,000
USD 115,000 - 130,000
C. Three-body, ?Empire?, by Joly, engine turned, polished bezel and border, engine-turned band. D. White enamel, with Breguet numerals and outer five-minute track, secret signature below 12 ?Breguet 1018?. Blued-steel pointer hand. M. 56 mm (25'''), frosted gilt, souscription caliber, central barrel wound from the front only, overhanging ruby cylinder escapement, three arm brass balance, the top pivot with parachute, blued steel flat balance spring, bimetallic temperature compensation curb fitted to the index regulator. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 61 mm.
Grading System: AAA
CHF 30,000 - 40,000
EUR 20,000 - 25,000
USD 25,000 - 33,000
Sold: CHF 35,400
C. Three-body, "forme collier", No. 282, by Joly (master mark), engine-turned with polished bezel and border. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals, outer five minute, quarter-hour and half-hour track. Blued steel "Souscription" hand. M. 44 mm., 20''', gilt, souscription caliber, central barrel wound from the back or front, overhanging ruby cylinder escapement, plain three-arm balance with parachute on the top pivot, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator with bimetallic temperature compensation curb. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 49 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 25,000 - 30,000
EUR 16,000 - 20,000
USD 20,000 - 25,000
Sold: CHF 33,040
C. Four-body, "forme collier", polished, coin-edge band, yellow gold bezel, border and bow. Hinged platinum cuvette. D. Matte silver, engine-turned, brushed chapter ring with radial Roman numerals, outer minute chapter with dot indexes, eccentric subsidiary seconds between 4 and 5 o'clock. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. M. 44 mm., 20''', simple caliber, standing barrel, overhanging ruby cylinder escapement, plain three-arm balance with parachute on the top pivot, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator with bimetallic temperature compensation curb. Dial and cuvette signed. Diam. 52 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 25,000 - 30,000
EUR 16,000 - 20,000
USD 20,000 - 25,000
Sold: CHF 82,600
C. Four-body, "forme quatre baguettes", No. 196, by Joly (master mark), engine turned. Hinged gold cuvette. D. Silver, engine-turned, brushed chapter ring with radial Roman numerals, outer minute chapter with dot indexes. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. M. 51 mm., 23''', gilt, standing barrel, overhanging ruby cylinder escapement, plain three-arm balance with parachute on the top pivot, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator with bimetallic temperature compensation curb, all-or-nothing repeating with a single hammer on one gong activated by a pull-and-twist piston in the pendant. Dial and cuvette signed. Diam. 57 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 35,000 - 45,000
EUR 22,000 - 28,000
USD 28,000 - 37,000
Sold: CHF 70,800
C. Two-body outer detachable case, No. 4117, engine turned, setting button in the band, hinged and sprung front cover engraved with a small monogram beneath an Earl's coronet, the back engraved with a small letter "W" beneath a Duke's coronet. Three-body inner case by Tavernier, No.4117, "forme collier", engine-turned, the regulation, hand setting, calendar setting and stop buttons in the band. D. Silver, engine-turned, eccentric polished chapter with radial Roman numerals and outer dot minute markers, date aperture above 12, regulation lever and index at 1 balanced with the signature cartouche at 11. Gold Breguet hands. M. 29 mm., frosted gilt, spring barrel with female arbor, jeweled train, detached straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel arm, flat blued steel balance spring, parachute suspension. Dial signed, both cases numbered, the inner case with Tavernier's later type workshop mark. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 5 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 40,000 - 60,000
EUR 25,000 - 38,000
USD 33,000 - 50,000
Sold: CHF 82,600
C. Four-body, ?Empire?, by Tavernier No. 3932, polished, gilt hinged cuvette. D. Silver, by Tavernier with the name THADEE TODWEN in the place of numerals, outer minute dot divisions, engine-turned center, secured by a screw. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 48 mm. gilt brass, bridge caliber, Breguet ruby cylinder escapement, plain three-arm gilt balance, blued steel flat balance spring, parachute on the top pivot, compensating curb, repeating on two short gongs by two hammers by pull-and-twist piston on the band at 2 o?clock. Signed on the cuvette, movement, dial and case punched with serial number, case stamped with the casemaker?s mark and French guarantee marks. Diam. 53 mm.
Grading System: AAA
CHF 25,000 - 30,000
EUR 16,000 - 20,000
USD 20,000 - 25,000
Sold: CHF 25,960
C. Four-body, ?forme quatre baguettes?, No. 4089, by Tavernier (master mark), engine-turned silver band, polished back. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, eccentric subsidiary seconds at 5 o?clock. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 42 mm (19???), gilt brass, overhanging ruby cylinder escapement, plain three-arm balance with parachute on the top pivot, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator with bimetallic temperature compensation curb, jeweled escapement, repeating on two gongs with two hammers activated by pull-and-twist piston at 2 o?clock on the band. Dial and cuvette signed. Diam. 48 mm.
Grading System: AAA
CHF 25,000 - 35,000
EUR 16,000 - 22,000
USD 20,000 - 28,000
Sold: CHF 30,680
C. Three-body, "forme quattre baguettes", No. 3428, by Tavernier (master mark), engine-turned. Gold cuvette with apertures for winding and regulation. D. Matte silver, engine-turned, brushed chapter ring with radial Roman numerals, outer minute chapter with dot indexes. Gold "Breguet" hands. M. 32 mm., 15''', frosted gilt, jeweled train, standing barrel, overhanging ruby cylinder escapement, plain three-arm gold balance with parachute on the top pivot, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator, all-or-nothing repeating with a single hammer on one gong activated by a pull-and-twist piston in the pendant. Dial and cuvette signed. Diam. 37 m.
Grading System:
CHF 35,000 - 45,000
EUR 22,000 - 28,000
USD 28,000 - 37,000
Sold: CHF 59,000
C. Brass bowl with screwed glazed bezel and gimballed in a three-body solid mahogany box with glazed panel in the top under a spring loaded hinged lid, the lid with lozenge-shaped numbered brass plaque, brass fittings and steel fastening screws, hinged handles, special gimbal lock operated by a lever which both locks the gimbal and lifts the bowl. D. Matte silvered, inscribed ?Dépôt De La Marine?, eccentric, the hour and minute dial with radial Roman numerals and outer dot minute markers, Arabic ten-minute numerals, subsidiary seconds below. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. 86 mm., brass, one barrel with fusee and chain, Harrison?s maintaining power, train under the dial, navette-shaped platform with Earnshaw?s spring detent escapement mounted in front of the barrels, jeweled impulse pallet, spring footed detent, bimetallic compensation balance, four mean time adjustment nuts, four temperature screws, the upper pivot with parachute, jewelled escapement, balance with diamond endstone, special alloy helical balance spring without terminal curves, the lower stud adjustable horizontally and vertically, balance locking slide accessed from beneath the bowl. Dial signed and numbered, case numbered. Diameter of bowl. 98 mm., Box dim. 20.5 x 18 x 18 cm.
Grading System:
CHF 45,000 - 55,000
EUR 28,000 - 35,000
USD 37,000 - 45,000
Sold: CHF 59,000
C. Two-body solid mahogany box with sliding observation panel in the lid, silvered brass handles and fittings, movement mounted in a cylindrical silvered brass bowl and suspended within oval gimbals with original locking system. D. Matte silvered, eccentric, signed ?Breguet et Fils, No. 4476?, radial Roman numerals and outer dot minute markers, symmetrically positioned subsidiary seconds dial, winding aperture at the top with dust cap. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Brass, twin barrels with wolf?s toothed differential winding mechanism above, train under the dial, navette-shaped platform with Earnshaw?s spring detent escapement, No. 87, cut bimetallic, freesprung compensation balance with peripheral adjustment screws for temperature and timing, top pivot with parachute, blued steel helical balance spring without terminal curves and lower stud adjustable horizontally and vertically, balance locking slide accessed from beneath the bowl. Dial signed and numbered, case numbered. Diam of bowl. 106 mm. Dim. 21 x 17 x 19 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 55,000 - 75,000
EUR 35,000 - 48,000
USD 45,000 - 60,000
Sold: CHF 64,900
C. Silver, multi-piece, "Empire", glazed on four sides and the top, four Doric type pilasters, two on each corner, with anthemion and flower-head chased entablatures and bases, hinged front and back doors for access to the dial and the movement, engine-turned top with glazed center, pivoted handle with dog's head terminals, four ball finials, repeat button and alarm-pull, the base with sound-fret pierced with a classical vase issuing stylized foliage, four engine-turned bun feet. D. Silver with champlevé radial Roman numerals, outer minute dot divisions, inner dot alarm divisions, subsidiary seconds at 12, engine-turned center, gilt brass engine-turned plate with winding aperture and to the right, alarm setting in a gold cartouche, annular silver chapter rings for the day and date, silver plaque engraved with the number. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Rectangular, 85 x 60 mm, gilt brass, going barrel, 5-wheel train, straight-line calibrated and counterpoised lever escapement set on a platform, pallet fork with jeweled pallets, roller with arrow-shaped impulse pin, cut bimetallic 2-arm compensation balance with temperature and timing adjustment screws, parachute on the top pivot, jeweled balance and escape wheel, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, Breguet all-or-nothing type repeating system repeating by a single hammer on a bell activated by depressing the push-piece at the top of the case, alarm on the same bell with its own hammer. Dial signed and numbered. Dim. Height 11.2 cm (without handle) width 8.7 cm, depth 6.5 cm.
Grading System:
CHF 700,000 - 900,000
EUR 450,000 - 570,000
USD 570,000 - 730,000
Sold: CHF 1,353,000
C. Two-body, ?perpétuelle? type, No. 1120, by Amy Gros (master mark), polished, concealed hinge. D. White enamel by F. Cave, Breguet numerals, outer star minute indexes and lozenge quarter-hour indexes, subsidiary seconds, powerreserve sector between 9 and 12, mounted to a gilt brass ring. Blued steel ?Breguet? hands. M. 47 mm. (21???), gilt brass 3/4 plate, two going barrels, tandem winding with brass wolf-tooth winding gears, four-wheel train, straight-line lever escapement, four-arm jeweled and capped bimetallic compensation balance with a threaded pin at the free ends for platinum temperature nuts, two platinum mean time screws, blued steel helical balance spring with terminal curves, single roller table with inserted jewel working between two upright steel pins mounted at the end of the fork, long fork with banking over the escape wheel pinion, parachute on top pivot, micrometric screw regulator, half-ogival platinum weight swinging between two spring-loaded rollers mounted in the case with a stop mechanism triggered when fully wound, repeating with a single hammer on a short gold block in the case activated by depressing the pendant. Dial and dial plate signed. Diam 54 mm.
Grading System:
CHF 300,000 - 350,000
EUR 190,000 - 220,000
USD 245,000 - 285,000
Sold: CHF 501,800
C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screw-down case back, tachometer graduation on the black bezel, to 500 units per hour, sapphire crystal. D. Black, with luminous indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and the 12-hour registers, each watch bearing the logo of a space mission. Luminous ?bâton? hands. M. Cal. 1861, rhodium-plated, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed.
Grading System:
CHF 80,000 - 100,000
EUR 50,000 - 63,000
USD 65,000 - 80,000
Sold: CHF 164,000
C. Two-body, polished, inclined bezel, concave lugs. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold baton indexes and Roman numeral, subsidiary seconds dial. Yellow gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 12'''-600AT, stamped twice with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 30 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, selfcompensating Breguet balance spring, swan neck micrometer regulator, 18K "guilloché" yellow gold rotor. Dial, case, and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 10 mm.
Grading System: AAA
CHF 15,000 - 20,000
EUR 10,000 - 13,000
USD 12,000 - 16,000
Sold: CHF 17,700
C. Two-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, stepped polished and brushed bezel. D. Matte silver with applied steel and black indexes. Steel and black "bâton" hands. M. 23-300 PM, stamped twice with the Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 35 x 40 mm. Thickness 8 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 6,000 - 8,000
EUR 3,800 - 5,000
USD 5,000 - 6,500
Sold: CHF 10,030
C. Two-body, polished, screwed-down case back, straight lugs. D. Matte silver with painted radial Roman numerals. Black "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 23-300, stamped twice with the Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 7 mm.
Grading System: AA
CHF 5,000 - 7,000
EUR 3,200 - 4,500
USD 4,000 - 5,700
Sold: CHF 10,620
C. Two-body, solid, polished, rounded and stepped bezel, sapphire crystal. D. Onyx with signature. Yellow gold "Dauphine" hands. M. Cal. 16-250, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 28 x 32 mm. Thickness 6 mm.
Grading System: A
CHF 5,000 - 7,000
EUR 3,200 - 4,500
USD 4,000 - 5,700
Sold: CHF 5,310