Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong, Jul 10, 2005

LOT 363

Breguet A Paris, made in Switzerland, No. 14. Made circa 1790. Very fine, quarter repeating 18K gold, guilloché enamel and rose diamond-set pair-cased pocket watch.

C. Outer: two-body, glazed with gilt metal bezels. Inner: two-body, striped gold band, the bezel set with rosecutdiamonds outlined with dark blue enamel, the back with matching border, the centre overlaid with dark blueguilloché enamel, gold paillon border, the centre with an applied rose diamond-set geometric mount, domed crystal.D. White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer dot minute markers and Arabic 15-minute numerals. Rosediamond-set hands. M. 30 mm., gilt, full-plate, turned pillars, spring barrel, cylinder escapement, three-arm brassbalance, pierced and chased continental type balance cock, index regulator, repeating on a bell by depressing thependant.Dial and movement signed.Diam. 47 mm.