Online Auction of a Watchmaking workshop
Geneva, Oct 01, 2020
LOT 18
Breguet
Pendant watch; “Petite simple plate concentrique, nouveau calibre”; 18K yellow gold
18K yellow gold, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, pendant watch; silver dial.
Brand Breguet, Paris
Model “Petite simple plate concentrique, nouveau calibre”
Year circa 1840
Movement No. 115
Case No. 536 (by Léopold Sécheret, Paris)
Material 18K yellow gold
Diameter 29.7 mm.
Caliber 12’’’, cylinder escapement
Signature dial
CHF 4,000 - 4,800
The purchase price payable by a buyer will be the sum of the final bid price plus
the buyer’s premium, together with any applicable sales or compensating use tax. In addition to the hammer price, the buyer’s premium is payable as follows:
25% of the hammer price on each lot.
Important notice – Special conditions
The lots are sold “as is”, described to the best of our knowledge and cannot be returned. Once the online bid is placed by the bidder, it cannot be cancelled
TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
Sold: CHF 3,750
| Grading System | |
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Case: 4-11 |
Fair Slightly worn |
Movement: 4-29** |
Fair Lacking elements Repair required, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-6-8-01 |
Good Slightly oxidized Slightly scratched HANDS Original |
Notes
This watch was sold to Madame la Maréchale de Lauriston on April 30, 1840, for the amount of 1 300 francs.
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The watch employs a very unusual, apparently experimental balance: the top part is made of steel and is fused to the platinum bottom. Apparently, Breguet conceived a new type of bimetallic compensation and implemented it with this watch.
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The watch employs a very unusual, apparently experimental balance: the top part is made of steel and is fused to the platinum bottom. Apparently, Breguet conceived a new type of bimetallic compensation and implemented it with this watch.
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Léopold Sécheret, casemaker, entered his mark in Paris in May 1834. He was the casemaker Breguet Neveu most used.
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Madame la Maréchale de Lauriston was the wife of Jacques Law, Marquis de Lauriston (1768-1828), Aide de camp to Napoléon Bonaparte in 1800 and 1805, Ambassador to Russia in 1811, and nominated Maréchal de France by Louis XVIII. He participated in the 1823 Spanish expedition.
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Madame la Maréchale de Lauriston was the wife of Jacques Law, Marquis de Lauriston (1768-1828), Aide de camp to Napoléon Bonaparte in 1800 and 1805, Ambassador to Russia in 1811, and nominated Maréchal de France by Louis XVIII. He participated in the 1823 Spanish expedition.