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Hotel Noga Hilton, Nov 14, 2004

LOT 81

Signed Breguet, No. 2620, Swiss, circa 1820. Very fine 18K gold quarter-repeating pocket watch with overhanging ruby cylinder escapement.

CHF 9,000 - 11,000

EUR 6,000 - 7,000 / USD 7,000 - 9,000

C. Four-body, ?Empire?, engine-turned, gilt hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute divisions, secured by a screw above 6, secret signature ?2620, Breguet? below 12. Blued-steel Breguet hands. M. 51 mm (22'''), frosted gilt, bridge caliber,hanging barrel, ruby cylinder escapement, three-arm gold balance with blued-steel flat balance spring, escapement jeweled, repeating on square gongs by pull-and-twist piston in the pendant.Cuvette signed, secret signature on the dial.Diam. 56 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good
Case: 3 - 46
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Notes

This is an excellent example of a high-qualitywatch in the Breguet style, made in Switzerland and signed Breguet, in order to take advantage of Breguet?s unparalleled reputation . It is of excellent quality, however, several details confirm that it is indeed an imitation.