THE ART OF BREGUET

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 14, 1991

LOT 54

A Monsieur Louvrazoff Watch No. 2732, sold on 9 September 1815, for the sum of 1700 Francs. Gold and enamel "simple médaillon à tact" watch.

CHF 80,000 - 90,000

Case: 18 ct., two body, collier form, by Tavernier, No. 3394, the cover and back decorated with royal blue translucent enamel over engineturning. Gold n tact arrow with pearl- set touch pieces on the band, the dial aperture eccentric on the cover. Gold cuvette signed: "Breguet No. 2732"
Dial: Small eccentric, engine-turned silver, attached by a screw to the barrel bridge, with Roman numerals on a plain reserve. Single blued-steel Breguet hand.
Movement: Gilt brass, 14"', souscriptim caliber with central barrel, overhanging ruby cylinder escapement, three-arm plain gold balance, with parachute on the top pivot. Blued-steel flat balance spring.
In good condition Diam. 40 mm.


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Exhibition: Watch No. 104 from the collection of Sir David Salomons, this watch was lent by Madame Henry Brown, the wife of the then owner of the House of Breguet, for the exhibition in Paris at the Palais Galliéra, in October 1923, on the centenary of the death of Abraham Louis Breguet, Cat. No. 28.
Note: For a commentary on this lot refer to the similar watch, lot 30, belonging to the Marquis de Santiago.