The Quarter Millennium of Vacheron Co...
Geneva, Apr 03, 2005
LOT 132
?A la Breguet? Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 24930. Made in 1827. Very fine and rare 18K pink gold slim, jump hour pocket watch with date. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
CHF 20,000 - 30,000
EUR 13,000 - 20,000 / USD 17,000 - 25,000
Sold: CHF 132,250
C. Four-body, ?Empire?, engine-turned back and band and bezels, hinged gilt cuvette. D. Silver, engine-turned,jump hour aperture at the top with Arabic numerals, eccentric minute chapter with concentric seconds chapter,date ring at 6. Blued steel ?lozenge? hand. M. Cal. 21 1/2???, frosted gilt bridge caliber, reverse barrel, 4 jewels,cylinder escapement, three-arm gilt balance with flat balance spring.Cuvette signed.Diam. 53 mm.
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Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 4 - 11 - 14 |
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Movement: 3 - 6* |
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Dial: 3 - 6 - 01 |
Notes
The Breguet and Vacheron Constantin firms are linked in several ways: the Genevan manufacturer furnished watches to the famous Parisian watchmaker. Several of these occasions were recorded by Jacques Barthélémy Vacheron in the company registers in 1810. In addition, the ideas of Breguet, his mechanical genius, his many inventions, and the stylistic revolution he accomplished, inevitably influenced the other watchmakers of the time. Many other companies adopted the ideas and innovations of Abraham Louis Breguet, sometimes even improving on them. The harmonious elegance of the present watch is an excellent example of this.