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Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

LOT 50

The Lord Lauderdale Breguet et Fils, No. 1913, sold to Lord Lauderdale on February 24, 1807 for 2760 francs. Very fine gold "4ème grandeur" jump-hour hand quarter-repeating watch.

CHF 30,000 - 40,000

EUR 19,000 - 25,000 / USD 23,500 - 31,000

Sold: CHF 23,000

C. Four-body, "forme quatre baguettes", by master casemaker Tavernier, No. 2535, back engine-turned in a radial pattern, center with engine-turned rosette, engine turned and reeded band, detachable gold cuvette with winding and regulating apertures.D. Gold, champlevé Roman numerals, subsidiary sunk seconds at 4 o?clock, engine-turned center. Blued steel Breguet hands.M. 39 mm (17 1/2???), gilt brass bridge calibre, jeweled to the center, lateral counterpoised lever escapement (later), cut-bimetallic compensation balance with flat balance spring, Breguet type repeating work striking with single hammer through intermediary block on single short rectangular gong, activated by pull-and-twist piston in the pendant.Signed on dial and cuvette.Diam. 43 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3 - 14
Movement: 3 - 15*
Dial: 3 - 01

Notes

Property of a Gentleman James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale (1759-1839) Was a statesman and the author of 'Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Public Wealth' . From a prominent English family with close ties to the Crown, his portrait was painted by Gainsborough.