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Hong Kong, Jun 08, 2008

LOT 321

Repassée par Breguet Breguet, Horloger de la Marine Royale, Swiss, No. 479. Made in the style of Breguet, circa 1810. Fine and rare, quarter-repeating, 18K rose gold pocket watch with ruby cylinder escapement.

HKD 60,000 - 75,000

USD 8,000 - 10,000 / EUR 5,000 - 6,000

C. Four-body, ?Empire?, master mark ?PH.MD?, polished bezels, engine-turned band and back engine-turned grains d?orge. Hinged gold cuvette. D. Silver, frosted and engine-turned, radial Roman numerals, outer dot minute divisions, engine-turned center, eccentric subsidiary seconds dial between 3 and 4 o?clock. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 50 mm., 22???, gilt, ruby cylinder escapement with steel escape wheel, three-arm gold balance, pare-chute on the top pivot, jewelled to the third wheel, flat blued steel balance spring, bimetallic temperature compensation curb on the index regulator, all-or-nothing repeating with a two hammers on two gongs activated by a pull-and-twist piston in the pendant. Cuvette signed, case punched with master mark ?PH.MD?. Diam. 56 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-6-01

Good

Slightly oxidized

HANDS Original

Notes

This very interesting watch is based on a third series Breguet quarter-repeating watch of about 1810. It is known that in order to fill the growing demand for his watches, Breguet purchased fine watches made by others, finished them to his requirements, and sold them at a lower price than watches entirely made in his workshop.