Only Online Auction
Geneva, Jan 03, 2022
LOT 28
Breguet & Fils
Large half-skeleton pocket watch, quarter-repeater; 18K yellow gold
CHF 2,000 - 4,000
EUR 1,950 - 3,900 / USD 2,200 - 4,400 / HKD 16,900 - 33,700
Sold: CHF 2,500
18K yellow gold, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, large “Empire”, half-skeleton, pocket watch, with one horological complication:
· Quarter-repeater by two hammers on two steel gongs (activated by depressing the pendant); safety bolt locking the repeater’s functions (slide located on the case-band at 1 o’clock)
Case-back guilloché (engine-turned), with, in the low part, an escutcheon; fluted case-band.
Gilded metal ring dial, with radial Roman numerals; blued steel “Breguet” hands.
Movement 23’’’, gilded brass, going barrel, cylinder escapement, monometallic balance (gilded brass) and blued steel flat hairspring, pierced and engraved gilded continental cock; repeater work on the top plate.
Case-back guilloché (engine-turned), with, in the low part, an escutcheon; fluted case-band.
Gilded metal ring dial, with radial Roman numerals; blued steel “Breguet” hands.
Movement 23’’’, gilded brass, going barrel, cylinder escapement, monometallic balance (gilded brass) and blued steel flat hairspring, pierced and engraved gilded continental cock; repeater work on the top plate.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Breguet & Fils, Paris
Model apocryphal signature, not Abraham-Louis Breguet, probably made in the Neuchâtel mountains
Year circa 1810
Movement No. 1 091
Case No. 2 091 (by “E & M / F”, Neuchâtel mountains)
Material 18K yellow gold
Diameter 57.7 mm.
Caliber 23’’’, cylinder escapement
Weight 99.2 gr. (approx.)
Signature cuvette (dome)
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.