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Breguet
A SMALL FINE AND RARE YELLOW GOLD CONVERTIBLE WATCH WITH DATE AND REGULATOR TO THE DIAL SOLD ON OCTOBER 12, 1818, TO DUC DE BERWICK FOR 4,800 FRANCS, RETURNED TO BREGUET 20 YEARS LATER AND IMMEDIATELY SOLD TO ANTHONY DE ROTHSCHILD, NO 2791
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Dagger
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30,000 — 50,000
CHF
LOT SOLD. 56,250 CHF
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360
Breguet
A SMALL FINE AND RARE YELLOW GOLD CONVERTIBLE WATCH WITH DATE AND REGULATOR TO THE DIAL SOLD ON OCTOBER 12, 1818, TO DUC DE BERWICK FOR 4,800 FRANCS, RETURNED TO BREGUET 20 YEARS LATER AND IMMEDIATELY SOLD TO ANTHONY DE ROTHSCHILD, NO 2791
Estimate
Dagger
Normal VAT rules apply and the standard rate of VAT will be charged on both hammer price and premium. In France the reduced rate is applied where the item is defined as a book for VAT purposes. In Australia GST is charged at the standard rate on both hammer price and premium.
30,000 — 50,000
CHF
LOT SOLD. 56,250 CHF
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Breguet
A SMALL FINE AND RARE YELLOW GOLD CONVERTIBLE WATCH WITH DATE AND REGULATOR TO THE DIAL SOLD ON OCTOBER 12, 1818, TO DUC DE BERWICK FOR 4,800 FRANCS, RETURNED TO BREGUET 20 YEARS LATER AND IMMEDIATELY SOLD TO ANTHONY DE ROTHSCHILD, NO 2791
• gilt brass gards-temps straight-line lever escapement, very fine oil retention holes, three-arm cut bi-metallic compensation balance, three gold mean screws, entire going train jewelled, escapement capped, parachute suspension on both pivots • silver engine-turned eccentric dial, Roman numerals, aperture for date above XII, applied gold arrow pointer, fan-form aperture for regulator • two body case, inner with engine-turned cover, aperture for winding, the band with three push-pieces for adjusting the date and regulator, the outer case with spring loaded button release, engine-turned cover, inscription to the interior •  case, dial and movement signed, case made by Tavernier
diameter 36 mm
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Exhibited

The present watch was exhibited at the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, 2004 and illustrated in the catalogue exhibition, Breguet in the Hermitage, Slavia, p. 50.

Catalogue Note

This is an extremely rare example of such a small Breguet watch.
Fitz-James, Duke of Berwick (1776-1838) was the great-grandson of the renowned Maréchal de Berwick, illegitimate son of King Jacques II. Born in Versailles in 1776, he was named premier aide de camp and gentilhomme de la chambre to the Count d'Artois, brother of Louis XVI. He followed him to Lyon in 1815, in an attempt to stop the victorious march of Napoleon after his escape from Elba Island. After the second Restoration of the monarchy, he was made "Pair de France" by King Louis XVIII. The Duke of Berwick took an active part in the "Chambre des Pairs", defending the monarchy, but also fighting for freedom of the press and the right to free speech.
Anthony de Rothschild (1810-1876) was the second son of the famous banker Nathan Meyer de Rothschild. The Rothschild bank was active in supporting the Allies in their military campaign to defeat Napoleon.

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