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Hotel Nogalhilton Geneve, Nov 11, 2001

LOT 317

Breguet No. 1177, sold on 29 Thermidor, an 1805, to Monsieur X (probably M. de Haute-Roche, to whom the watch belonged in 1824) for 1600 Francs.Very fine 20K gold, dumb quarter repeating watch with jumping hour hand, accompanied by a certificate.

CHF 25,000 - 30,000

USD 15,500 - 18,500

Sold: CHF 40,250

C. Four-body, "forme collier", by Gros, No. 278, engine-turned with fluted band and loose ring pendant, the back centered with a small monogram, hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel by Vincent, Breguet numerals, outer minute divisions, secret signature under 12 o'clock. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 50,5 mm (21'''), gilt brass, new caliber with hanging barrel and Maltese Cross stop work, jeweled to the center, overhanging ruby cylinder escapement, plain gold three-arm balance with pare-chute susension, blued steel flat balance spring with bimetallic compensation curb. Repeating with a massive polished steel hammer on a bloc on the case.Signed on the dial, cuvette and movement.Diam. 56 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3 - 14
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3 - 01

Notes

The date this watch was sold is not recorded in the Breguet books, but according to the signature (Breguet only, without mention of the son) it was made before 1801 and therefore is certainly among the first to be made with the new caliber incorporating the jumping hour mechanism.See a copy of the original sale records regarding the watch in "A.L. Breguet, Watchmaker to the Kings", Thomas Engel, 1994, p. 195.