Only Online Auction

Hong Kong, Mar 09, 2022

LOT 15

BREGUET (APOCRYPHAL SIGNATURE), POCKET WATCH, CENTRE-SECONDS, COMPASS; SILVER

HKD 3,000 - 6,000

EUR 350 - 700 / CHF 400 - 750 / USD 400 - 800

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Sold: HKD 4,250

Silver, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, with centre-seconds and compass (at 12 o'clock).

Case-back polished.

White enamel dial, chapter ring at 6 with suspended Breguet numerals, at the top, two medallions painted in gold, one (at 11 o'clock) with a young musician playing the lyre, the other (at 1 o'clock) with a languid young woman; gilded metal hands.

Movement 18’’’, full plate, gilded brass, fusee and chain, verge escapement, monometallic balance (probably gilded brass) and blued steel flat hairspring, pierced and engraved gilded continental cock, polished steel end-piece, silver regulator disc.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-73-04

Good

ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Chipped under bezel,not visible when closed

HANDS Later

Brand Breguet, Paris

Model apocryphal signature; probably made in Geneva

Year circa 1810

Movement No. unnumbered

Case No. 6 058

Material silver

Diameter 55 mm.

Caliber 18’’’, verge escapement

Weight 112 gr.

Signature movement

CONDITIONS AND INFORMATION FOR BUYERS

The purchase price payable by a buyer will be the sum of the final bid price plus the buyer’s premium, together with any applicable sales or compensating use tax. In addition to the hammer price, the buyer’s premium is payable as follows: 25% of the hammer price on each lot.

Important notice – Special conditions Please look carefully at all the photos as they are an integral part of the description. Any defect not mentioned in the descriptions but visible on the photos will be considered as described and cannot lead to any claim. The dimensions are given as an indication and may slightly differ from the measures mentioned by the manufacturers especially for contemporary watches. The photos are not retouched. Colors may differ from reality. For timepieces, we guarantee neither the functioning nor the precision of the movement, nor the water-resistance of the case. In addition, please note that movements, parts of mechanisms or cases may be incomplete. The lots are sold “as is”, described to the best of our knowledge and cannot be returned. Once the online bid is placed by the bidder, it cannot be cancelled.