Only Online Auction
Geneva, Dec 08, 2022
LOT 30
Breguet
Pocket watch movement, “dumb” quarter-repeater à toc, special escapement; 18K yellow gold
CHF 3,000 - 6,000
EUR 3,100 - 6,100 / USD 3,200 - 6,400 / HKD 24,900 - 49,700
Sold: CHF 4,000
18K yellow gold, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, “Empire” pocket watch, with one horological complication:
· “Dumb” quarter-repeater à toc by one large hammer on the inside case (activated by depressing the pendant)
Case-back polished; fluted case-band.
White enamel dial with suspended “Breguet” numerals (counter-enamel signed “Droz”); blued steel “Breguet” hands.
Movement 22’’’, gilded brass, going barrel, ruby-set cylinder escapement, monometallic balance (probably gilded brass) and blued steel flat hairspring, polished steel and blued steel index-regulator with temperature compensating double bimetallic curb and pare-chute; quarter-repeater work on the main plate, under the dial.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-13-01 |
Good Slightly damaged HANDS Original |
Brand Breguet, Paris
Model movement and dial re-cased
Year circa 1802
Movement No. 1 006
Case No. 1 608 / 675 (contemporary or slightly later case; by “A B”, probably Geneva)
Material 18K yellow gold
Caliber 22’’’, ruby-set cylinder escapement
Dimensions 53.9 mm.
Weight 89.1 gr. (approx.)
Signature dial
Notes
Originally, this “Répétition à ponts” watch movement by Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747-1823) was housed in a gold case by Amy Gros (No. 4 395). It was handed over to Monsieur Castagueda on 24 Vendemiaire, Year 11 (October 16, 1802).
The original case was replaced at an unknown date by the present one, probably made in Geneva and of more or less contemporary manufacture.
CONDITIONS AND INFORMATION FOR BUYERS.
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