Important Watches, Pocket Watches and...

Noga Hilton Hotel, Nov 13, 2005

LOT 63

?To Prince Sapieha-Rozanski? Breguet, No. 2798. Sold to Prince Sapda (Prince Sapieha-Rozanski) on January 28th 1814, for 800 Francs. Fine, 18K gold ?Montre de Souscription?, pocket watch with cylinder escapement.

CHF 5,000 - 7,000

EUR 3,200 - 4,500 / USD 4,000 - 5,500

Sold: CHF 5,060

C. Three-body, ?Empire?, polished. D. White enamel, Breguet numerals and outer minute track, secret signature below 12. Blued-steel ?Breguet? hand. M. 57 mm (25'''), frosted gilt, souscription calibre, central barrel wound from the front or back, polished steel cylinder escapement, three arm brass balance, the top pivot with pare-chute, blued steel flat balance spring, temperature compensation curb fitted to the index regulator. Dial and movement signed and numbered. Diam. 60 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good

Case: 3-31

Good

Transformations

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-15-05

Good

Slightly rusted

HANDS Luminous material reapplied

Notes

The Sapieha-Rozanskis were a princely family whose origins go back to the Holy Roman Empire. Around 1814, a Prince Sapieha-Rozanski was living in Paris