Masterworks of Time: Splendours for the East 「時間傑作：西器東傳」

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Breguet

A GOLD WANDERING JUMP HOUR KEYLESS LEVER WATCH NO. 1944, SOLD TO MONSIEUR A. BRAUN ON 16 NOVEMBER 1948 FOR 4,080 FRANCS [ 寶璣黃金漫遊式跳時懷錶，編號1944]

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November 12, 03:35 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 CHF

Lot Details

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Breguet

A GOLD WANDERING JUMP HOUR KEYLESS LEVER WATCH

NO. 1944, SOLD TO MONSIEUR A. BRAUN ON 16 NOVEMBER 1948 FOR 4,080 FRANCS

[ 寶璣黃金漫遊式跳時懷錶，編號1944]

• Movement: 17''' damascened nickel, lever escapement, 19 jewels, bi-metallic compensation balance, signed Breguet, no. 1944

• Dial: silvered, central rotating disc, enlarged engraved gilded arrow, the tip with aperture for hours and pointing to outer minute ring, signed and numbered Breguet no. 1944, the base engraved Brevete S.G.D.G., France

• Case: 18ct gold Murat, polished back and bezel, flat gold pendant and ring, inside back numbered 1944, with Swiss hallmarks for 18ct gold and French import mark, inner body rim also with Swiss and French control marks

diameter 45mm

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Accompanied by a Breguet certificate dated 16 November 1948.

During the 1920s, experimentation in watch design led to novel forms of time display. While the jump hour watch itself was not a new concept, its form and style was especially well suited to the slim dress watches of the Art Deco period. In 1926, Breguet patented the design of a watch with an unusual form of jumping hours. As seen in the present watch, the hour aperture was carried at the edge of a revolving inner dial, this aperture formed a pointer which indicated to an outer minute ring as the disc turned. Completing one revolution every hour, the new hour would appear within its aperture as its pointer reached the 60-minute marker.