Breguet

• gilt lever movement, compensation balance with parachute suspension, spiral spring with terminal curve and regulator • gold cuvette signed and numbered Breguet No 4938 • white enamel dial, roman numerals, blued steel Breguet hands, eccentric subsidiary seconds, secret signature below XII, signed Breguet beneath VI • later engine-turned case with plain silver band • dial, cuvette and movement signed

Monsieur Paschkoff

George Daniels, The Art of Breguet, p. 287, fig. 365 a-c.

The movement is running however would need cleaning. Dial in good condition. Engine-turned unmarked later case in good condition, the centre with plain rondelle.
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Accompanied by a certificate from the Breguet archives which stated that this watch was sold on the 19 March 1845 to Monsieur Paschkoff for 3,500 francs.

In 1810, Breguet introduced his final form of repeating watch of which No. 4938 is one. These were called 'montres à répétition sur les principes des chronomètres'. These represent Breguet's highest grade of repeating watches. In 'Watches', Clutton & Daniels indicate that No. 4938 is the only known example with an enamel dial and secret signature, all others have silver engine-turned dials.

See Clutton & Daniels, Watches, p.68 - 69.