Exceptional Horological Sale Celebrat...
Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004
LOT 47
Breguet, Horloger de la Marine Royale, No. 3357, sold on September 9, 1820 to Machado for 2108 Francs. Very fine and rare, 20K gold, half quarter-repeating watch with jump-hour.
CHF 30,000 - 40,000
EUR 19,000 - 25,000 / USD 23,000 - 31,000
Sold: CHF 29,900
C. By master casemaker Tavernier, No. 3691, "forme quatre baguettes", engine-turned, gold hinged cuvette with aperture for steel winding crank lever.D. Silver, by Tavernier, champlevé Roman numerals, outer minute dot divisions, engine-turned center, subsidiary sunk seconds at 4 o?clock. Blued steel Breguet hands.M. 52 mm (23???), frosted gilt, bridge caliber, jeweled to the center, overhanging ruby cylinder escapement, 3-arm brass balance, blued steel flat balance spring, pare-chute on the top pivot, compensation curb, movement wound by pivoted crank lever fitted to the winding arbor, Breguet repetition system, repeating on single gong by pull-and-twist piston in the pendant.Signed on the dial and cuvette, numbered on the movement and the case.Diam. 57 mm.
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Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 - 6 |
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Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3 - 6 - 01 |