Hong Kong, May 29, 2022
LOT 411
Breguet
Thin and large pocket watch, special calibre; 18K yellow gold and enamel
HKD 56,000 - 95,000
EUR 6,700 - 11,500 / CHF 7,000 - 12,000 / USD 7,100 - 12,100
Sold: HKD 80,000
18K yellow gold and enamel, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, “Directoire”, thin and large pocket watch, with special calibre.
Case-back polychrome enamelled with a scene showing a couple of visitors and their guide in the middle of antique ruins, seascape in the style of Claude-Joseph Vernet (1714-1789) on a sky-blue background, by an unidentified Genevan workshop, surrounded by a gold paillons garland; bezels with filigree décor and eight turquoise enamelled pearls.
White enamel dial with suspended Breguet numerals; blued steel “Breguet” hands.
Movement 21’’’, full plate, gilded brass, fusee and chain, verge escapement, monometallic balance (polished steel) and blued steel flat hairspring, pierced and engraved gilded continental “Louis XVI” cock, polished steel end-piece, polished steel index-regulator.
Case-back polychrome enamelled with a scene showing a couple of visitors and their guide in the middle of antique ruins, seascape in the style of Claude-Joseph Vernet (1714-1789) on a sky-blue background, by an unidentified Genevan workshop, surrounded by a gold paillons garland; bezels with filigree décor and eight turquoise enamelled pearls.
White enamel dial with suspended Breguet numerals; blued steel “Breguet” hands.
Movement 21’’’, full plate, gilded brass, fusee and chain, verge escapement, monometallic balance (polished steel) and blued steel flat hairspring, pierced and engraved gilded continental “Louis XVI” cock, polished steel end-piece, polished steel index-regulator.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Breguet, Paris
Model apocryphal signature (not Abraham-Louis Breguet), probably made in Geneva
Year circa 1800
Movement No. 4 608
Case No. unnumbered
Material 18K yellow gold and enamel
Diameter 57.3 mm.
Caliber 21’’’, fusee and chain, verge escapement
Weight 91.5 gr. (approx.)
Signature dial and movement