Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, May 13, 2007
LOT 276
"An Important Banking Family" Breguet, No. 4802, sold to a member of an important banking family on March 24, 1837, for 1,600 Francs. Extremely fine and very rare, 18K gold "simple medaillon à tact" hunting-cased pocket watch with ruby cylinder escapement, short gold chain and gold double-ended male and female key. Accompanied a period box and certificate.
CHF 30,000 - 40,000
EUR 20,000 - 25,000 / USD 25,000 - 33,000
Sold: CHF 100,300
C. Three-body, "forme quatre baguettes", by L.S. (master mark), No. 150, flat engine-turned band with 12 hour pins (including the pendant) for the à tact, the covers engine-turned "à grains d'orge", the front cover with à tact hand. Gold cuvette with apertures for winding and regulation. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals, outer five minute, quarter-hour and half-hour track, secret signature below 12. Single blued steel hand. M. 32 mm., 14 1/2''', frosted gilt, "souscription" caliber, wound from the back only, five wheel train, ruby cylinder escapement mounted below the dial, gold three-arm balance, the top pivot with pare-chute, the balance and escape wheels pivots jeweled, blued steel flat balance spring, blued steel index regulator. Dial and cuvette signed, case nuimbered. Diam. 40 mm. Property of a Gentleman
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Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
