Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Milan, Palazzo Dei Giureconsulti, Mar 29, 1993

LOT 33

Breguet & Fils, No. 3431, sold to William Haldimand on 29 November 1820, for 2400 Francs. Fine 18ct. gold quarter repeating watch "de première classe".

ITL 15,000 - 18,000

USD 10,000 - 12,000

C. Three body, "forme quatre baguettes", engine-turned with Iater polished back panel. Gold cuvette. D. Silver engine-turned with Roman numerals on a polished chapter. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 20-, gilt brass, Breguet over hanging ruby cylinder escapement, plain brass balance with "parachute" suspension, flat balance spring with bimetallic compensation curb on the regulator. Repeating on a gong with a single hammer through steel intermediate spring block, with pull-twist piston in the band. Signed on the dial and the cuvette. In good condition. Diam. 53 mm.


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Importante orologio da tasca, ripetizione a quarti, " de première classe", in oro 18K.