Online Auction of a Watchmaking workshop

Geneva, Oct 01, 2020

LOT 18

Breguet
Pendant watch; “Petite simple plate concentrique, nouveau calibre”; 18K yellow gold

CHF 4,000 - 4,800

EUR 3,700 - 4,500 / USD 4,400 - 5,300 / HKD 33,800 - 40,600

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Sold: CHF 3,750

18K yellow gold, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, pendant watch; silver dial.


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Grading System
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

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

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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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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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.
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