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Hong Kong, Jun 08, 2001

LOT 372

Recordon, late Emery, Cockspur Str., Charing Cross, London, No. 8932, case hallmarked 1806.Very fine 18K gold quarter-hour dumb repeating watch with special escapement.

HKD 40,000 - 47,000

USD 5,000 - 6,000

C. Three-body, ?Empire?, back cover and band engine-turned, polished bezel, pull-and-twist repeater activation piston. D. White enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute ring, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel ?arrow? hands.M. 45.8 mm, gilt brass full plate, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, ruby cylinder escapement with brass escape wheel, gold three-arm balance, blued steel flat balance spring with compensation curb, escapement jeweled and capped, small, single-footed cock engraved with a mask, gilt brass dust-cap, repeating on two gold blocks by depressing piston in the pendant.Signed on the dial and cuvette. Diam. 55 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 - 11 - 01

Notes

Louis Recordon, a watchmaker from Geneva who settled in London, was Breguet's friend and agent in England, responsible for selling approximately 75 Breguet watches, including some to the British Monarchy.The watch clearly demonstrates Recordon's continental origins. Although the movement is typically English, the case, dial, pull-twist piston through the pendant, and the compensation curb are clearly in the Breguet style.