The Sandberg Watch Collection

Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Mar 31, 2001

LOT 180

Breguet et Fils, No. 3011 / 2110, sold to Sultan Beykan in June 1818 for 4000 francs.Very fine and rare, large, 20 ct. gold and enamel 'cabriolet' quarter repeating watch with a special escapement, made for the Islamic market. Accompanied by the Breguet certificate No. 3781, delivered in December 1982.

CHF 100,000 - 150,000

USD 60,000 - 90,000

Sold: CHF 157,500

C. By Joly. Outer: two-body, the back in red translucent champlev? enamel over barleycorn engine-turning, with opaque pink enamel and gold work including laurel wreaths and crowns of bay leaves. Inner: four-body, similarly decorated, but with an opaque blue enamel cusped hexagon in the centre, surrounded by gold foliate and palm leaf decoration, gold hinged cuvette. D. By Lucard. White enamel with Turkish numerals, outer minute ring with Turkish 15-minute marks, small gold eight-pointed compassose in the centre, secured by a screw. Double secret signature under the 12, one in Arabic, the other in French. Blued-steel Breguet hands. M. 43.5 mm o, gilt brass bridges, 6 jewels, free-standing barrel with Breguet continuous stop-work, ruby cylinder escapement, top pivot with a pare-chute, cut-bimetallic compensation regulator, repeating on two gongs with two hammers activated by pull-and-twist piston in the pendant.Signed on the cuvette and the dial, case stamped with serial number, casemaker's mark and French quality marks for 20 ct..Diam. 60 mm. Published in the Sandberg book, pages 280-281.


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Grade:
Case: 3 - 18
Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2 - 01

Notes

The use of 20 ct. gold is another indication of the superior quality of the case, although Breguet used all three French gold standards for his cases, that is 18 ct., 20 ct. and 22 ct.A 'cabriolet' case is one in which the inner case can be inserted either way, making the watch a hunting-cased or an open-face watch.The watch was shipped to Leroy, Breguet's agent in Constantinople, on September 27, 1817, who sold it to Sultan Beykan in June of the following year.Breguet et FilsFor a biography, see page 229