THE ART OF BREGUET

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 14, 1991

LOT 47

A Monsieur le Prince Gagarine Watch No. 2321, manufactured between 1807 and 1812, sent to St. Petersburg on 7 March 1812, for the sum of 1466 Francs. Gold watch with quarter-repeating.

CHF 55,000 - 65,000

Sold: CHF 69,000

Case: 18 ct., three body, quatre baguettes form, by Joly, No. 1833, engine-turned n grains d'orge. Gold cuvette signed: "Breguet No.2321".
Dial: Engine-turned gold, signed: "Breguet et Fils", with Roman numerals on a plain reserve. Bluedsteel Breguet hands.
Movement: Gilt brass, 20"', bar caliber with free standing barrel, overhanging ruby cylinder escapement, three-arm plain brass balance, with parachute on the top pivot. Blued-steel flat balance spring. Repeating on two gongs with two hammers by a putt-twist piston in the pendant.
In very good condition, with Prince of Wales gold chain and a key. Diam. 51 mm.


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History: This watch was sent to Wenham, Breguet's agent in St. Petersburg on 7 March 1812, for the sum of 1466 Francs. Sold in Russia, it was returned to Breguet in 1911 for overhaul at the request of Prince Gagarine. Note: A fine example of a première classe repeating watch with gold dial, this watch is in particularly good condition.
NIKOLAI VIKTOROVITCH Prince Gagarine (1873-1925)
Born 12 June 1873. Married first in June 1895 to Princess Marina (1877-1924), daughter of Prince Nikolaï Petrovitch Troubetzkoï. Second marriage in 1924 to Ekaterina Ilyinitchna lakounine, the two natural sons born before the marriage remaining unrecognised by their father and therefore without rights to his title. Prince Gagarine died on 10 May 1925.