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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 20, 1991
LOT 425
Swiss, signed Breguet No.8065, circa 1810. Very fine 18 ct. gold and enamel automaton watch.
CHF 40,000 - 50,000
Sold: CHF 43,700
C. Two body "Directoire" polished. Gilt brass hinged cuvette. D. Eccentric white enamel with Breguet numerals. Blued-steel arrow hands. Dial plate enamelled with a landscape with applied vari-couloured gold automaton scene, depicting Cupid's forge with a working grinder, anvil and bellows. M. GiIt brass, Lepine caliber, going and automaton trains with engraved free- standing barrels, cylinder escapement, plain balance, flat spring. Signed on the cuvette. In very good condition. Diam. 56 mm.
