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Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Apr 13, 2002

LOT 52

Breguet et Fils, No. 1580, sold to Lord Landerdal on February 24, 1807, for 2,200 Francs. Very fine 20K gold jump-hour quarter-repeating à toc watch accompanied by a Breguet morocco fitted box.

CHF 30,000 - 35,000

EUR 21,000 - 24,000 / USD 18,000 - 21,000

Sold: CHF 57,500

C. ?Empire?, by Joly, No. 1198, barleycorn engine-turned back, band reeded in unusual double pattern, gold hinged cuvette with winding aperture. D. Gold, champlevé radial Roman numerals, outer minute dot divisions, engine-turned center and outer border, subsidiary sunk seconds between 4 and 5 o?clock, secured by a screw. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 51 mm (22 1/2???), gilt brass, bar caliber, hanging barrel with Breguet continuous stop-work, Breguet ruby cylinder escapement, plain three-arm gilt balance, flat balance spring, train jeweled to the center wheel, compensation curb, pare-chute elastic suspension on the top pivot, repeating on a gold block fixed to the case by a single hammer via pull-and-twist piston in the pendant. Signed on the dial and cuvette, movement punched with the serial number under the dial. Diam. 55 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3-14

Good

Damaged
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

This is an excellent example of a first-quality Breguet, with its gold cuvette and dial, jumping-hour hand, Breguet-type repeating works and entirely jeweled train. The watch is described and illustrated in ?The Art of Breguet? by George Daniels, fig No. 180. Provenance: Bloomfield Collection, San Diego.