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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 22, 1995
LOT 73
Breguet & Fils à Paris, Swiss, circa 1810. Fine and unusual 18 ct. gold watch with skeletonised movement and special escapement.
CHF 2,500 - 3,000
USD 2,000 - 2,500
Sold: CHF 3,220
C. Double body, Empire, with reeded band and polished back. Hinged gilt brass cuvette. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 20"' gilt brass, skeletonised and fully engraved with scrolls of foliage, with free standing barrel, virgule escapement, plain brass three-arm balance with flat balance spring. Signed on the dial and and the cuvette. In very good condition. Diam. 54 mm.
Notes
Fine example of watch with unusual skeleton
movement and virgule escapement.
Although it is signed "Breguet et Fils", unlike the
lot 202, this watch cannot be confused with a watch
produced in the workshop or under the control of
the eninent watchmaker who never used this type
of case nor such calibre.