BudinLetter sent from Arras to Breguet on August 20, 1793, year 2 of the Republic.

C. Concerning the political and military situation. A prisoner of war, he had to give his own watch to enemy soldiers, and asks Breguet to send him two new watches.

Comte de LortAcknowledgement of debt of November 1st, 1780, for a small enameled watch bought on January 17, 1778 for the sum of 540 Livres. The first payment of 264 Livres was not paid until November 1780; it is agreed that the balance of 276 Livres will be settled as soon as possible.

C. This is the earliest commercial document of the Breguet firm, which was founded in 1775, known to exist.

Comte de ZoldiLetter sent from Copenhagen to Breguet, on Nivôse 12, year 11 ( January 2, 1803).

C. Informing Breguet that M. Basschman Huygens, Minister of the Batavian Republic will bring the watch he bought in 1792 back for service, and asking Breguet to send him back his thermometer ring at the same time.

Prefet TrouvéLetter sent from Carcassonne to Breguet, on Thermidor year 11 (July 1802).

C. Inquiring whether the M. Breguet from Switzerland, mentioned in a letter from J.J. Rousseau to Madame de la Tour Francheville, might be the brother of the great man living in Paris, 54 quai de l'Horloge.

CastellaneLetter sent from Lugano to Breguet in Le Locle (Switzerland) on December 6, 1794.

C. Concerning various affairs as well as the political situation both in London and in France after the revolution. Incidentally also infoming Breguet that in spite of his age, he has fallen in love with a charming young lady 25 years old.

Junot d'AbrantesLetter sent from Trieste to Breguet on May 21, 1813.

C. Concerning his watch which is once again out of order.

Saint Simon, Frères Schickler, Duke of la Rochefoucauld.Letter sent from Carcassonne to Breguet, on Thermidor year 11 (July 1802).

C. Inquiring whether the M. Breguet from Switzerland, mentioned in a letter from J.J. Rousseau to Madame de la Tour Francheville, might be the brother of the great man living in Paris, 54 quai de l'Horloge.

Timekeeper with 1 ComplicationBreguet, No. 555, sold to Monsieur Hottinguer in Pluviose An 8 (January/February 1800).Very fine 8 day-going mahogany jump hour-hand table clock striking hours and half-hours, accompanied by Breguet certificate.

C. Rectangular, veneered with slightly extended base, back panel sliding vertically to reveal the movement, gilt brass bezel, gilt brass paw feet. D. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute ring. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Rectangular with canted top corners, two trains driven from the same barrel, anchor escapement, brass-bob pendulum, steel rod with loop for the winding arbor, spring-loaded locking bracket, spring suspension with a regulator on the back, striking on a bell.Signed on the dial, punched with the serial number on the movement.Diam. Height 26 cm, width 17 cm.

Precision Timekeeper with 1 ComplicationBreguet & Fils, No. 2555, Garde Temps d'argent, Regulateur à Tourbillon, sent to Shumacher on January 9, 1824 for the sum of 3000 Francs. Bought back by Breguet on January 22, 1824 for the sum of 3000 Francs. Sold to Trafford on September 3, 1841, for the sum of 2400 Francs.Highly important pocket chronometer with jumping hour hand, Peto cross escapement and four-minute tourbillon regulator.

C. Three-body, silver, No. 3043, by Tavernier (Master mark), "forme quatre baguettes", engine-turned with gold rims, hinges and bow. Hinged silver cuvette engraved: "Régulateur à tourbillon", gold-rimmed rock crystal bezel to protect the movement. D. Silver, engine-turned, Roman numerals on a polished eccentric chapter ring and subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Frosted and gilt brass, full plate construction, with a smaller back plate held by three conical turned pillars and pinsSeparated cock on the back plate for the tourbillon and the barrel. Reverse fusee with Harrison's maintaining power. Unusual going train with offset center arbor, not used to drive the motion work. The third wheel is run under the dial. It meshes with the fourth pinion, carrying the seconds hand on its arbor and a steel wheel to drive the teeth on the edge of the tourbillon carriage. Peto cross detent escapement with all components made of steel. The two rollers and the detent are jeweled on thir acting surfaces. Three-arm blued steel and white metal bimetallic balance with platinum and gold screws beating 21600 per hour. Blued steel balance spring with terminal curve. Four-minute tourbillon, with brass plate and steel cross-piece over the balance, mounted in separate sub-frame screwed to the back plate. The sub-frame carries the pivots supporting the tourbillon, passing into pierced jewels in the carriage. The brass tourbillon plate is remarkably thin and further lightened and poisedby a series of holes drilled through it. The carriage has an extra wheel to give it a period of rotation of four minutes. This wheel is driven by its pinion in mesh with the fixed fourth wheel under the carriage, and drives the escape pinion. The motion work is indirectly driven from a pinion on the third arbor in mesh with the large canon wheel revolving once per hour. A cam system operates the hour wheel, moving it forward every fifteen minutes. The minute and the hour hands can only be turnedforward to set the time.Signed on the dial, movement and cuvette.Diam. 66 mm.

Precision Timekeeper with 2 ComplicationsBreguet No. 1210, sold to Monsieur Labaume for 1,600 francs on February 4, 1808.Extremely rare, fine and important month-going center-seconds table regulator with true equation of time, annual Gregorian and Revolutionary calendars, accompanied by Breguet certificate.

C. Mahogany, glazed on both sides and the front, rectangular cresting above molded cornice, veneered base.D. White enamel, Breguet numerals, minute divisions, gold Breguet equation hand, blued steel Breguet mean time hand, semicircular brass plate below with winding and calendar apertures. M. Rectangular with canted top corners, 153 mm x 176 mm, mounted to U-shaped brass frame, brass plates, turned cylindrical pillars with conical bases, double barrel, four-wheel train, pin-wheel escapement with jeweled pallets set on the back plate, steel and brass gridiron compensation pendulum beating half secondwith calibrated regulating knob and micrometric beat adjustment on the crutch, double spring suspension, leveling device mounted to the base. The annular wheel with engraved calendars is driven from one of the barrels via three wheels, the last of which is 20-tooth jump star wheel with a clutch for possibility of manual adjustment, the equation cam, fixed to the annular wheel, controls the equation hand via spring-loaded pivoted lever terminated with very nicely finished rolling cylinder to minmize the friction. This lever, via a fusee-like chain, is connected to the set of planetary wheels going to the canon pinion and the equation hand wheel.Signed on the dial and movement, movement numbered.Dim. Height 38 mm, width 23 mm.

TimekeeperBreguet No. 2910, sent to Wenham on12 June 1816, for 1,300 Francs.Fine, small, 18K gold watch with regulator type dial, accompanied by Breguet Certificate.

C. Three-body, "forme quatre baguettes" No. 3410, by Tavernier with engine-turned band, the back engine-turned with a linear pattern and protected by a glass. Gold, detached cuvette with winding and regulating apertures. D. Silver, engine-turned with small eccentric Roman hour chapter ring set at the right, and symmetrical Arabic minute ring at the left, stamped on the reverse by Tavernier. Blued steel Breguet hands, the minute with a small hole in its socket for setting. M. 15''', gilt brass wih hanging barrel, overhanging ruby cylinder escapement, three-arm gold balance with pare-chute suspension, blued steel flat balance spring with regulator.Signed on the dial and cuvette, case stamped with watch and case serial numbers, casemaker's stamp and French gold marks.Diam. 39 mm.

Precision TimekeeperBreguet No. 4366, sold to Mr. Winnerl on4 September 1835, for 1350 francs.Very fine and important month-going weight-driven wall valet astronomique with center-seconds, accompanied by Breguet certificate.

C. Chiseled gilt bronze bezel with palm leaf decoration secured by three locks on a heavy bracket adjustable on the wall by means of four screws with double knurled buttons. D. White enamel, Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute and seconds ring. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Circular brass movement contained in a brass cylinder, full plate, the barrel with maintaining power, three-kilo brass weight and counterweight, four-wheel train, Graham dead-beat escapement with jeweled pallets, the escape weel pivoted on the center of the back plate, second-beating gridiron pendulum made of three brass and two zinc rods, spring suspension.Signed on the dial and the back plate.Dial diam. 148 mm.

Precision TimekeeperBreguet et fils, Horloger de la Marine Royale, No. 3595, Garde-Temps d'argent à fusee, sold to Ducom on January 23, 1821, for 1830 Francs.Very fine silver and gold pocket chronometer with fusee and special escapement, accompanied by Breguet certificate No. 4155.

C. Three-body, "Empire", solid, by Amy Joly No. 313, polished, silver with gold hinges, the back engraved with the initials "D.S.", detachable gilt brass cuvette. D. Frosted and silvered, Roman numerals, outer minute divisions and subsidiary seconds on chapter "XII". Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 49,85 mm (22'''), frosted and gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, the back plate relieved for the barrel secured by a bridge, turned column pillars, fusee with chain and Harrison's maintainng power, 15 jewels, Earnshaw spring detent escapement, two-arm bimetallic compensation balance with two cylindrical weights and six gold screws for temperature adjustment, two gold mean time screws, free-sprung blued steel helical balance spring with terminal curves and diamond endstone.Signed on the dial, cuvette and back plate.Diam. 59 mm.

Precision TimekeeperBreguet Neveu & Cie. No. 4988, Garde-Temps d'argent àfusée, sold to Comte de Gourieff on June 17, 1841, for 1,400 Francs.Very fine silver and gold pocket chronometer with fusee and special escapement, acompanied by Breguet certificate.

C. Three-body, "Empire", solid, by Amy Joly, No. 1075, engine-turned, silver with gold hinges, detachable gilt brass cuvette. D. White enamel, by Droz (signed on the reverse), Roman numerals, outer minute divisions and subsidiary seconds on chapter "XII". Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 49,85 mm (22'''), frosted and gilt brass full plate, the back plate relieved for the barrel secured by a bridge, turned column pillars, fusee with chain and Harrison's maintaining power, 10 jewels, Earnshaw springetent escapement, two-arm compensation balance with two temperature screws and four quarter nuts, diamond endstone, free-sprung blued steel helical balance spring with 6 1/2 turns and with terminal curves.Signed on the dial, cuvette and movement.Diam. 59 mm.

Timekeeper with 3 ComplicationsBreguet, No 220, sold to Comte de Montalva on October 28, 1847, for 4,000 francs.Extremely rare, fine and important month-going, weight-driven astronomical long case regulator with one-minute passing striking, annual calendar and equation of time, accompanied by a certificate.

C. Mahogany, glazed on both sides and the front with gilt borders, rectangular cresting above molded cornice supported by ormolu-mounted corbels with ormolu band above, paneled veneered plinth mounted with cast moldings. D. Silvered and matte, Roman hour chapter, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds ring at XII, cut out to show the escapement, sector for the equation of time with engine-turned center at VI. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Rectangular, 21,2 x 18 cm, heavy brass plates, doubleweights, four-wheel train, massive brass-steel gridiron pendulum beating seconds, suspended from a double suspension spring mounted to a heavy brass bracket in the case with length-regulating knob, the bracket has also an adjustable device for preventing excessive swinging of the pendulum, heavy brass bob with length-adjustment knob, micrometric beat adjustment on the crutch, dead-beat anchor escapement with stone pallets and the depth of the engagement regulating device, striking every minute wth a hammer raised by a cam mounted on the escape wheel arbor, lever protruding at 9 o'clock for striking/silence, annular wheel with 365 ratchet teeth set in the lower part of the movement, driven by a click on a spring-loaded lever raised and released once a day by a cam mounted on an intermediate wheel connected to the hour wheel with the ratio 1:2. Equation cam mounted on the annular wheel controls a rack meshing with the equation hand pinion.Signed on the dial Breguet, on the movement Breguet & Compie, the movement also numbered.Dim. Height 2 meters, width half meter

Precision TimekeeperBreguet et Fils, Horlogers de la Marine Royale, No. 3196, sold to Ministre de la Marine for 2,400 francs on January 14, 1822.Very fine and rare mahogany two-day marine chronometer with eccentric dial.

C. Brass bowl with screwed glazed bezel gimbaled in two-body mahogany box with glazed panel in the top under hinged lid with, brass handles, corner plate for a key, key-lock in front, gimbal ring locked by two swiveling arms locking gimbals and bowl. D. Silvered, hour and minute chapters with Roman numerals set eccentrically at the top, subsidiary seconds at the bottom. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 94 mm, brass, two going barrels wound separately, train under the dial, ogival-shaped platform (N. 36) with spring detent escapement mounted in front of the barrels, bimetallic compensation balance, four mean time adjustment nuts, two temperature screws, escapement jeweled, balance with diamond endstone, helical balance spring without outer curves, lower stud adjustable horizontally and vertically.Signed and numbered on the dial, movement numbered, escapement punched with No. 36, corresponding with in the records.Bowl diam. 10 cm, case 21 x 21 cm.

Timekeeper with 5 ComplicationsBreguet, No. 3466, sold to Monsieur Vangohechen on September 4, 1880 for 3100 francs.Fine 18K gold, hunting-cased, keyless astronomical minute-repeating watch with triple calendar, phases and age of the moon, accompanied by Breguet certificate.

C. Four-body, "bassine et filets", engine-turned on both covers, the front with engraved initials, polished band, gold hinged cuvette.D. White enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute divisions with five-minute Arabic markers, three subsidiary dials for days of the week, date, seconds concentric with phases of the moon and its age, small aperture below 12 o'clock for digital months. Blued steel, "spade" hands. M. 42,8 mm, frosted gilt brass, 23 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cutimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, wolf-tooth winding wheels, pin-set, repeating on gongs by a slide in the band.Signed on the cuvette.Diam. 55 mm.

Timekeeper with 8 ComplicationsBreguet "Automatic", No. 3778. Produced in the 1980's.Very fine astronomic, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual and lunar calendar, moon phases and 45 hours power reserve, with an 18K yellow gold Breguet buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. three-body, solid, polished, reeded band, straight lugs, screwed bars, partly guilloché case back. D. "guilloché" silver with painted Roman numerals on a plain reserve, auxiliary dials for the days of the month, of the week, the months, the leap year, graduation for the age of the moon and the up-and-down indication at 11, aperture for the moon phases at 1. "Breguet" blued steel hands. M. Cal. 12 1/2 ''', rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 38 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic baance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, 21K gold rotor.Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm.

Timekeeper with 7 ComplicationsBreguet, No. 527. Produced in the 1990's.Very fine, self-winding, 18K yellow gold astronomical gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar and lunar calendar, moon phases and 42 hours autonomy, with an 18K yellow gold Breguet deployant clasp.

C. three-body, solid, polished, ridged band, rounded bezel, straight lugs, cabochon sapphire-set winding-crown, sapphire crystal. D. "guilloché" silver with painted radial Roman numerals on a plain reserve, auxiliary ring dials for the days of the month, of the week, the months, the leap years, sector for the lunar calendar, aperture for the moon phases. "Breguet" blued steel hands. M. Cal. No. 204, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 35 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallc balance, 5 adjustments, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, 21K gold rotor.Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm

Timekeeper with 5 ComplicationsBreguet "Quantième", No. 4760. Produced in the 1990's.Very fine astronomical, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with triple date, moon phases and lunar calendar and 45 hours autonomy, with an 18K yellow gold Breguet four strand chain mail bracelet.

C. three-body, solid, polished and brushed, partly guilloché case back, rounded bezel, ridged band, straight lugs, screwed bars, cabochon sapphire-set winding-crown, sapphire crystal. D. "guilloché" silver with painted radial Roman numerals on a plain reserve, sector graduation for the age of the moon, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases, inner graduation for the days of the month. "Breguet" and "Serpentine" blued steel hands. M. Cal. 12 1/2''' rhodium-plated, "fauses-côtes" decoration, 35 jewels, lever escapement, timed-annular balance, 5 adjustments, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, 21K gold rotor.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 35 mm. Approx. overall length 190 mm.