The Private Collection of Theodor Beyer

Hotel Baur Au Lac, Zurich, Nov 16, 2003

LOT 44

"Breguet A Paris", Swiss, No. 4349, circa 1830. Fine and very rare 18K gold watch with seconds indication.

CHF 6,000 - 9,000

EUR 3,900 - 6,000 / USD 4,400 - 6,700

Sold: CHF 9,200

C. Four-body, "forme quatre baguettes", engine-turned, gold hinged cuvette. D. Silver, eccentric, champlevé radial Roman numeral chapter on brushed ring, outer minute divisions, sector aperture at the top for seconds, engine-turned and whitened reserve. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 49.6 mm (22'''), frosted gilt, early bridge caliber, standing barrel, cylinder escapement, three-arm jeweled gold balance with flat balance spring, unusual cock with skeletonized end for the regulator pins.Signed on dial and cuvette.Diam. 52 mm.


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Grade: A

Good
Case: 3-14

Good

Damaged
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-6-1101

Good

Slightly oxidized

Notes

This is the second watch signed "Breguet à Paris" that we have seen with an unusual seconds display. The other, with retrograde seconds, was sold by Antiquorum on April 21, 1996, lot 473.