Exhibition: Watch No. 104 from the collection of Sir David Salomons, this watch was lent by Madame Henry Brown, the wife of the then owner of the House of Breguet, for the exhibition in Paris at the Palais Galliera, in October 1923, on the centenary of the death of Abrahm Louis Breguet, No. 28 of the catalogue. Note: Gold and enamel decorative watches made by Breguet are relatively rare and were essentially made in only two forms. One type, often large repeating watches or clock-watches with pail-cases, enamelled with flowers, coastal scenes or paillonne decoration, was destined to the Islamic Market, and usually sold through Breguet's agent, Le Roy in Constantinople. The others were practically all montres medaillon a tact (such as this lot), with flinque enamel covers and the "touch pieces" and A tact arrow in pearls or diamonds; the decorative elements remained largely functional, the only concession being an applied motif on the back of symbolic or heraldic significance, such as a crown or monogram. Such watches, less austere in appearance than Breguet's usual production, enjoyed a certain success despite their high price, and virtually every member of the Bonaparte family owned at least one example. Only very few examples of this kind, with extra large diamond touch pieces, were produces by Breguet, mainly for the Bonaparte family. They were among the most expensive watches produced by that time in the Breguet workshop.