Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

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

LOT 596

?A Reveraud, Nieuport? Breguet, No. 2684, sold to Reveraud, Nieuport, on July 22, 1814, for 840 Francs. Fine and rare, large, 18K gold ?montre de souscription? pocket watch with ruby cylinder escapement, short gold Breguet chain and gold Breguet ratchet key. Accompanied by a Breguet certificate and numbered fitted Breguet red morocco box. ?A Reveraud, Nieuport? Breguet, No. 2684, sold to Reveraud, Nieuport, on July 22, 1814, for 840 Francs. Fine and rare, large, 18K gold ?montre de souscription? pocket watch with ruby cylinder escapement, short gold Breguet chain and gold Breguet ratchet key. Accompanied by a Breguet certificate and numbered fitted Breguet red morocco box.

?A Reveraud, Nieuport? Breguet, No. 2684, sold to Reveraud, Nieuport, on July 22, 1814, for 840 Francs. Fine and rare, large, 18K gold ?montre de souscription? pocket watch with ruby cylinder escapement, short gold Breguet chain and gold Breguet ratchet key. Accompanied by a Breguet certificate and numbered fitted Breguet red morocco box. C. Three-body, ?Empire?, No. 1959 by Joly (master mark), polished, loose ring pendant. D. White enamel by Lucard, Breguet numerals, outer divisions for the five minutes, quarter and half-hours, secret signature below 12. Blued steel ?souscription? hand. M. Gilt brass, 25???, souscription caliber with central barrel wound from the front or back, overhanging ruby cylinder escapement, three-arm gold balance, pare-chute on the top pivot, flat balance spring, bimetallic temperature compensation curb on the index regulator. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 62 mm.