Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 17, 1993
LOT 336
Breguet & Fils No. 745, Swiss, circa 1820. Fine 18 ct. gold, half skeletonised, quarter repeating watch with automaton Jacks.
CHF 10,000 - 12,000
C. Three body, "Empire", with reeded band and polished back. GiIt brass hinged cuvette. D. Small white enamel chapter ring with Breguet numerals. Blued steel "spade" hands. Driven by the repeating work, two coloured gold automaton Cupids on each side of the dial, strike hours and quarter on two bell above. GiIt brass dial plate fully engraved with scrolls with applied visible polished steel repeating work. M. GiIt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, the back plate with a gilt brass plate engraved with foliage, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance and flat balance spring. Polished steel cock with garnet end-stone. Repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant. Apocryphal signature on the gilt cuvette. In very good condition. Diam. 57 mm.
