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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, May 13, 2007

LOT 278

?Au Comte Malicheff? Breguet, "HOR.ger DE LA MARINE ROYALE", No. 3535, sold to Count Malicheff on April 11, 1820 for 1320 Francs. Very fine and very rare, small 20K gold lady?s pendant watch with ruby cylinder escapement, eccentric dial, short gold chain and gold Breguet key, in Breguet fitted Morocco box.

CHF 18,000 - 25,000

EUR 11,000 - 15,000 / USD 15,000 - 20,000

Sold: CHF 25,960

C. Four-body, "forme quatre baguettes", by Tavernier, No. 3725, engine-turned back ?grains d?orge?, reeded bezels and band. Gold detachable cuvette with apertures for the winding and regulation. Double-link chain. D. Silver, champlevé radial Roman numerals on a brushed chapter ring, outer dot minute divisions, engine-turned center and lower border. Gold ?Breguet? hands. M. 30.4 mm. (12'''), gilt brass, standing barrel, ruby cylinder escapement, gold three-arm balance, blued steel flat balance spring, 8-tooth escape wheel set in unusual way under the dial, jeweled balance with parechute on the top pivot, blued steel regulation arc. Dial and cuvette signed, case with Tavernier?s punched mark. Diam. 35 mm. Property of an Swiss Gentleman


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

Count Malicheff bought at least four watches from Breguet in 1820 and in 1821, all small watches like this one. One of them was delivered through Prince Nicolas Troubetzkoi, who was aide-de-camp of Tsar Alexander I and his chief intelligence officer.