Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
Geneva, Nov 16, 2008
LOT 207
Vendue à Recordon Breguet,No. 2097, sold to Recordon, onOctober 17, 1807, for 2,160 Francs. Very fine and very rare, 18K gold, quarter-repeating ?Repetition à Ponts Moyenne? pocket watch with ruby cylinder escapement.
CHF 18,000 - 24,000
USD 17,000 - 22,000 / EUR 11,000 - 15,000
Sold: CHF 16,200
C. Three-body, ?forme collier?, by Joly, No. 1361, engineturned back cover ?a grains d?orge?, polished bezel, reeded band. Cuvette with apertures for winding and regulation, secured by a screw. D. Gold, secured by a screw, brushed chapter ring with radial Roman numerals, outer dot minute indexes, engine-turned center. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 45 mm., 19???, frosted gilt, bridge calibre, blued steel screws, overhanging ruby cylinder escapement, gilt three-arm balance with pare-chute an the top pivot, flat balance spring, index regulator, all-or-nothing repeating with a single hammer on a single gong activated by a pull-andtwist piston in the pendant. Dial and cuvette signed. Diam. 48 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Notes
The Breguet archives record that this watch was returned for overhaul on December 18, 1827 at the request of Monsieur Alexandre de Bosnovoff, Rue de l?Universite, No. 27, Paris. This watch was previously sold by Antiquorum, Geneva, ?The Art of Breguet? April 14, 1991, Lot 40.
Louis Recordon (1756-1826) Awatchmaker originally from Sainte Croix who settled first in Geneva and then in London, he was Breguet's friend and agent in England, and was responsible for selling approximately 75 of Breguet's watches to the British, including some to the British Monarchy. He was also one of the first to develop the self-winding watch, and in 1780 was granted "Letters Patent" by King George III, concerning an automatic winding mechanism.