A TRIBUTE TO PRECISION AND COMPLICATE...

Hotel Nogalhilton Geneve, Nov 11, 2001

LOT 325

Breguet No. 5047, sold to Monsieur Maltsoff on July 16, 1833, for 1,400 francs.Very fine slim 18K gold watch with eccentric dial with regulator, with a short gold chain and gold Breguet key, accompanied by a Breguet certificate.

CHF 25,000 - 30,000

USD 16,000 - 19,000

Sold: CHF 39,100

C. Three-body, "forme quatre baguettes", by Joly, No. 706, engine-turned, back cover with winding aperture opened by a small bolt at the band. D. Silver, eccentric, set at the top, radial Roman numerals on sanded ring, outer minute dot divisions, "basket" pattern engine-turned center with regulating aperture below XII o'clock, the crescent below the chapter ring engine turned with barley corn pattern. Gold Breguet hands. M. 37,7 mm (17'''), gilt brass, new bar caliber with hanging barrel with feale winding, continuous Breguet stop work, ruby cylinder escapement with rare three-arm jeweled gold balance, blued steel flat balance spring, pare-chute on the top pivot.Signed on the dial, case with serial number, casemaker's stamp and French gold marks.Diam. 43 mm.


LOADING IMAGES
Click to full view
Image
Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Notes

The watch was chosen in 1923 by the House of Breguet to represent their achievements in very prestigious exhibition Centenaire de A.L. Breguet in Paris hold in the Musée Galliera. It was described and illustrated in the catalogue under No. 211. Later it became property of Lord Salomon, who illustrated and described it in his book under No. 49.