Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 15, 1994
LOT 371
Breguet, Horloger de la Marine Royale, No. 3455, sold to Comte d'Otrante on 1 July 1820, for 2110 Francs. Fine 18 ct. gold half quarter repeating watch with jumping hour hand.
CHF 22,000 - 26,000
C. Four body, "forme quatre baguettes", engineturned made by Joly (Master mark) No. 2357. Hinged gold cuvette pierced for a later folding winding key. D. Silver engineturned with Roman numerals on a polished chapter ring and slightly offset subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 21-, gilt brass, first class calibre, with going barrel, overhanging ruby cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance with parachute suspension, flat balance spring with bimetallic compensation curb on the index. Repeating on one gong with a single hammer through a steel intermediate steel block, with pull-twist piston in the band. Signed on the dial and cuvette. In very good condition. Diam. 56 mm.
