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Masterworks of Time: Splendours for the East 「時間傑作：西器東傳」
Masterworks of Time: Splendours for the East 「時間傑作：西器東傳」
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Breguet
A LADY'S GOLD QUARTER REPEATING KEYLESS LEVER WATCH IN LATE 18TH CENTURY STYLE 1883, NO. 4456, SOLD TO LA PRINCESSE GALITZINE ON 9 JANUARY 1892 FOR 1400 FRANCS [ 寶璣十八世紀末風格女裝黃金二問懷錶，年份1883，編號4456]
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November 12, 03:32 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 CHF
Lot Details
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Breguet
A LADY'S GOLD QUARTER REPEATING KEYLESS LEVER WATCH IN LATE 18TH CENTURY STYLE
1883, NO. 4456, SOLD TO LA PRINCESSE GALITZINE ON 9 JANUARY 1892 FOR 1400 FRANCS
[ 寶璣十八世紀末風格女裝黃金二問懷錶，年份1883，編號4456]
• Movement: 13''' gilded, lever escapement, wolf's tooth winding, jewelled to the centre, bi-metallic compensation balance, two polished steel hammers repeating on coiled gongs
• Dial: white enamel, Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute ring, gold Louis XVstyle hands
• Case: 18ct gold Louis XV style, repeating slide to band, olivette for hand setting to left of pendant, polished gold cuvette signed and numbered Breguet, no. 4456, case back engraved with a crown, numbered inside 12813 and withFrench import mark for 1838-1893
diameter 36.5mm
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Accompanied by a Breguet certificate dated 31 August 2020 confirming production in 1883 and sale to the Princess Galitzine on 9 January 1892.
Breguet enjoyed a successful career supplying timepieces to Royal and aristocratic patrons throughout Europe. After his introduction to Prince Galitzine, the son of general-lieutenant Prince Mikhail Mikhailovitch Galitzine and Baroness Anna Alexandrovna Stroganov, he developed a long and profitable relationship with the Russian ruling family, securing an imperial warrant as watchmaker to the tsar and to the navy. Breguet, then named "watch-maker of kings and the king of watch-makers", featured in Russian literature. Pushkin and Kuprin noted the company's prestigious history as well as the refinement and technical qualities of its products. Clearly, as the present watch demonstrates, after the death of Abraham-Louis, the Breguet firm continued to enjoy the partronage of the House of Galitzine.