Exceptional horologic works of art

Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Oct 11, 2003

LOT 127

Breguet No. 4284, sold to Comte de Villontroys on November 13, 1824, for 1,800 francs. Very fine and rare, small and slim 20K gold hunting-cased souscription type watch with regulator through the dial. Accompanied by Breguet certificate.

CHF 60,000 - 70,000

EUR 39,000 - 46,000

Sold: CHF 80,500

C. Outer: two-body, hinged, “forme quatre baguettes”, polished, front and back engine-turned, by Tavernier, No. 4009. Inner: three-body, “forme quatre baguettes”, engine-turned back and band, reeded bezels, back with two apertures for winding and regulating. D. Silver, radial Roman hour chapter on polished ring, outer five-minute dot divisions, engine-turned center with regulating aperture, stamped on reverse by Tavernier. Blued steel “souscription” hand with tapered point. M. 31,8 mm (14'''), central hanging barrel, ruby cylinder escapement, three-arm gold balance with blued steel flat balance spring, pare-chute on the top pivot, escapement jeweled, five-wheel train, female winding.Signed on the dial, movement stamped with serial number, case stamped with watch and case serial numbers, casemaker's' mark and French gold marks.Diam. 42 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3 - 16 - 01

Notes

This watch was sold by Antiquorum in the sale of the Professor Thomas Engel Collection, on November 11,1,2001, lot 314. It is rare to find a Breguet watch with original “étui” as he called the outer protective cover. It is interesting to note that the watch can be wound and regulated either from the back or from the front. The watch is described and illustrated in “The Art of Breguet”, George Daniels, London & New York, 1975, fig. 334.