Lot 2830* - A201 Wristwatches & Pocketwatches - Wednesday, 29. June 2022, 11.00 AM
Breguet, historically significant pocket watch with repetition, manufactured for the King of Spain, 1808.
Pink gold.
D 42 mm.
According to the Breguet certificate, this watch was sold to the King of Spain on 8 July 1808 for 260 Swiss francs. This repeater watch used the gong invented by Breguet. This allowed the production of flat and elegant pocket watches with a striking mechanism.
Case No. 526 FM, the dust cover engraved: BREGUET, A MADAME DE CUNY. Case decorated with pearls on both sides. Engine-turned back, decorated with translucent enamel.
Dial: Pink gold, engine-turned dial, with a secret signature at XII o'clock. Fine blued, Breguet hands.
Movement: Key-wound movement with cylinder escapement and 1/4-repetition on gongs.
Accessories: Breguet ratchet winding key in gold decorated with enamel; gold over-case, glazed on both sides; Breguet certificate No. 4009 from 1993; exposé by Prof. Curtit (Curator of the Watch Museum in La Chaux-de-Fonds).
Case No. 526 FM, the dust cover engraved: BREGUET, A MADAME DE CUNY. Case decorated with pearls on both sides. Engine-turned back, decorated with translucent enamel.
Dial: Pink gold, engine-turned dial, with a secret signature at XII o'clock. Fine blued, Breguet hands.
Movement: Key-wound movement with cylinder escapement and 1/4-repetition on gongs.
Accessories: Breguet ratchet winding key in gold decorated with enamel; gold over-case, glazed on both sides; Breguet certificate No. 4009 from 1993; exposé by Prof. Curtit (Curator of the Watch Museum in La Chaux-de-Fonds).
CHF 20 000 / 38 000 | (€ 20 620 / 39 180)
Sold for CHF 49 100 (including buyer's premium)