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Geneva, May 15, 2005

LOT 192

Breguet, Paris, Etablissement Mixte, No. 1925, case No. 317/1022, sold to Monsieur Guibal on December 26, 1823, for 500 Francs. Very fine and rare 18K gold quarter repeating pocket watch with ruby cylinder escapement and later Breguet numbered gold tooled morocco fitted case. Accompanied by a Breguet Certificate.

CHF 11,000 - 13,000

EUR 7,000 - 8,500 / USD 9,500 - 11,000

C. Four-body, "Empire", engine turned, master mark FW. Hinged gilt metal cuvette. D. Silver, polished chapterring with radial Roman numerals, engine turned center. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 46 mm (20 1/2???) frostedgilt, standing barrel, 6 jewels, ruby cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, blued steel flat balance-spring,index regulator, repeating with two hammers on two gongs activated by depressing the pendant.Signed on the cuvette.Diam. 53.5 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3 - 14
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3 - 6 - 01

Notes

According to Breguet himself, the ?Etablissement Mixte? series consisted of watches made outside his shop but to his design and under his supervision. The escapements, he claimed, were made in his shop. In the past, it had been assumed that this register was either lost or that it had never existed, but this is not the case. ?Etablissement Mixte? watches have their own special register, which is in the possession of the company. It begins with No. 1 in 1806 and continues to No. 2421 in 1832. All kinds of watches and clocks are recorded, some quite unusual.