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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」
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SWISS [瑞士製] | A RARE AND EARLY GOLD SINGLE CASED PERPETUELLE WATCH WITH POLYCHROME ENAMEL PAINTED DIAL AND CENTRE SECONDS CIRCA 1785 [罕有早期黃金自動上鏈大三針懷錶配琺瑯彩繪錶盤，年份約1785]
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June 16, 02:10 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 CHF
Lot Details
Description
SWISS
[瑞士製]
A RARE AND EARLY GOLD SINGLE CASED PERPETUELLE WATCH WITH POLYCHROME ENAMEL PAINTED DIAL AND CENTRE SECONDS
CIRCA 1785
[罕有早期黃金自動上鏈大三針懷錶配琺瑯彩繪錶盤，年份約1785]
• Movement: gilded and decoratively engraved full plate, cylinder escapement, gilt metal kidney-form swinging weight mounted on backplate and flanked by banking springs, standing barrel, gilt-metal dust ring, unsigned
• Dial: polychrome enamel painted dial depicting a courting gentleman and lady in a love garden, subsidiary dial for hours with Roman numerals and minutes with Arabic five-minute divisions, lacking minute hand, dial edge with Arabic numeral track for the centre seconds, arc for regulation beneath 60-second marker
• Case: gold single case with fine scalloped edges, sprung protective cover to winding aperture, indistinct incuse casemaker's mark
diameter 54mm
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In their book: The History of the Self-Winding Watch, A. Chapuis & E. Jaquet note that in 1780, when Recordon was granted his letters patent for his self-winding watches, "several watchmakers in the Neuchâtel Jura district were already producing self-winders, following the example by Abraham-Louis Perrelet...however...apart from Jonas Perret-Jeanneret of Le Locle, one other only, Moyse Gevril, is known so far" (see op. cit. rev. Eng. Ed., 1956, p.169). For other perpetuelle watches with similarly decorated dials, see op.cit. pp.189-190 & Sotheby's Geneva, Masterworks of Time Part II, 11 November 2019, lot 88.