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Masterworks of Time: Abraham Louis Breguet, Horologist Extraordinaire 「時間傑作——阿伯拉罕・路易・寶璣：鐘錶鬼才」
Masterworks of Time: Abraham Louis Breguet, Horologist Extraordinaire 「時間傑作——阿伯拉罕・路易・寶璣：鐘錶鬼才」
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BREGUET ET FILS [ 寶璣] | A RARE GOLD RUBY CYLINDER SINGLE HANDED SOUSCRIPTION WATCH WITH KEY AND GOLD CHAIN NO. 1666, 'MONTRE MÉDAILLON' SOLD TO LE GÉNÉRAL JUNOT ON 20 FEBRUARY 1805 FOR 1,200 FRANCS [ 罕有黃金單指針懷錶備紅寶石工字輪擒縱機芯、配錶匙及黃金錶鏈，編號1666，1805年2月20日以1,200法郎售予朱諾將軍]
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June 16, 02:38 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 CHF
Lot Details
Description
BREGUET ET FILS
[ 寶璣]
A RARE GOLD RUBY CYLINDER SINGLE HANDED SOUSCRIPTION WATCH WITH KEY AND GOLD CHAIN
NO. 1666, 'MONTRE MÉDAILLON' SOLD TO LE GÉNÉRAL JUNOT ON 20 FEBRUARY 1805 FOR 1,200 FRANCS
[ 罕有黃金單指針懷錶備紅寶石工字輪擒縱機芯、配錶匙及黃金錶鏈，編號1666，1805年2月20日以1,200法郎售予朱諾將軍]
• Movement: gilded, ruby cylinder escapement, plain three-arm balance, parachute suspension, signed and numbered Breguet no. 1666
• Dial: gold engine-turned, satin finished chapter ring with black Roman hour numerals and inner five minute divisions, signed Breguet et Fils in a banner to the base, single blued steel moon hand
Case: gold engine-turned reeded case by Tavernier, radiating from the central cartouche with ducal coronet, the inside numbered 2296 and 1614 and with indistinct gold marks, gold cuvette signed Breguet and numbered 1666, secured by one blued steel screw
• Key: short gold chain and male/female winding key
diameter 42mm
Accompanied by a Breguet certificate dated 24 January 2020.
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Général Junot
Abraham Louis Breguet devised the Souscription watch series to aid the recovery of his business after the French Revolution. The watches were production pieces for which the client would pay a quarter of the 600 Livres on ordering the watch. This covered the cost of the materials and then on delivery the client was required to pay the balance. The first of these was started in 1794 and delivered in 1796
A similar example is illustrated in George Daniels, The Art of Breguet, 1975, p. 197, for a similarly decorated case back see op. cit. p. 128.