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BREGUET | A GOLD 'MONTRE MÉDAILLON' LEVER WATCH WITH ECCENTRIC DIAL, KEY AND CHAIN AND A FITTED DESOUTTER BOX 1829, NO. 4905
Auction Closed
July 14, 12:35 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
BREGUET
A GOLD 'MONTRE MÉDAILLON' LEVER WATCH WITH ECCENTRIC DIAL, KEY AND CHAIN AND A FITTED DESOUTTER BOX
1829, NO. 4905
gilded lever movement, two-arm compensation balance, parachute suspension, silver engine-turned dial, eccentric satin finished chapter ring, Roman numerals, gold moon hands, signed Breguet to a banner at the base of the dial, 18ct gold case, engine-turned back bezel and band, winding square revealed by turning the back cover, numbered B 4905, with short gold chain and male/female ratchet key, accompanied by a fitted leather box stamped to the inside Desoutter, 1 Maddox St. London, punch number to the cover and numbered certificate dated January 1904
diameter 45mm
Sir David Salomons
Christie's London, The Celebrated Collection of Watches by Breguet formed by the Late Sir David Salomons, Bart., Part II, 1 June 1965, lot 25
Purchased from the above by E. Mannheimer
This watch is illustrated in Salomons, Breguet 1747-1823, p.158 and catalogued p.42.
Accompanied by Breguet certificate stamped by the retailer Desoutter (1 Maddox St. London) confirming date of sale in 1829 for approximately 2000 to 2200 Francs. Louis Albert Desoutter was a prominent French retailer who came to London in 1881 and shortly afterwards founded his own business in Maddox street.
This watch was formerly in the collection of Sir David Salomons. Sir David amassed the largest and most important collection of Breguet watches ever known, within which was the legendary grande complication watch that Breguet made for Marie Antoinette. Together with the latter watch, a large portion of Sir David's watches are now in the collection of the L. A. Mayer Museum in Jerusalem.