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MADE FOR THE KING OF ENGLAND BREGUET RETAILED BY RECORDON, LONDON: A HIGHLY IMPORTANT GOLD FOUR MINUTE TOURBILLON WATCH OF ROYAL PROVENANCE WITH ROBIN ESCAPEMENT, THERMOMETER AND STOP SLIDE FOR TIMING THE SECONDS 1808, NO. 1297 gilded movement, Robin escapement with single lift mounted to a four-minute tourbillon carriage, free-sprung three-arm balance with adjustment screws, single arm steel cage, flat blued steel spring with terminal curve, the tourbillon carriage signed Breguet, Par Brevet d'Invention, fusee and chain, the backplate with winding sleeve, signed and numbered Recordon, London, no. 1297, gold Tavernier dial with multiple contrasting engine-turned finishes, central satin finished chapter ring with black Roman numerals for hours, minute ring to the edge, blued steel moon hands with elongated minute hand, two engine-turned subsidiary dials for constant seconds marked 'Common Seconds' and timing seconds marked 'Seconds for Observation', fan-form engine-turned sector to base of dial for state-of-wind indication marked 'Main Spring', sector for thermometer marked 'Heat, Temperate, Cold' above XII o'clock, the plaque above engraved 'Whirling About Regulator' and 'Thermometer', plaque beneath the chapter ring signed Recordon, 18ct gold case, the back of the case engine-turned and with bright cut sunburst decoration, cartouche to the centre with engraved Cypher of King George III - GR beneath a crown - the initials heightened with black enamel, heavily reeded bezels and band, stop slide beneath the bezel at II o'clock marked 'Marche/Arrête' and operating 'Seconds for Observation', gold cuvette with vacant oval cartouche, case back numbered 1297 and with maker's mark PB with a triangle above in lozenge-shaped cartouche for Tavernier, case back and cuvette with English hallmarks for 18ct gold and LC incuse mark of Louis Comtesse, accompanied by a custom made mahogany box, the hinged lid with ivory mounts to either side, blue velvet lined interior with matching watch pad, Bramah lock stamped J Bramah with a crown, key for the Bramah lock with ivory fob, with Breguet Certificate dated 7 September 1999 confirming the watch's details as recorded in the Breguet Archives diameter 65mm

retailed by recordon, london: a highly important gold four minute tourbillon watch of royal provenance with robin escapement, thermometer and stop slide for timing the seconds 1808, no. 1297

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Cartier New York retailed A yellow gold ring watch with concealed dial, Circa 1937 Dial: silvered dial signed Cartier, gilded Arabic and pointed baton hour indexes, gilded epée hands Calibre: 6¼’’’ rear-wound movement signed LeCoultre Co., grained decoration, lever escapement, 16 jewels, annular balance with poising screws, unadjusted, flat hairspring Movement number: backplate numbered 76'479 and with U.S. import code LXJ Case: 14k yellow gold case with, hinged cover with rounded edges, case back secured by two screws, rear-winder with toothed edge, gold ring shank with aperture for edge of winding crown, inside hinged cover and inside movement case back both stamped and with 0.585, Swiss lynx head assay for 14k gold & EJ flag-form 14k stamp, inside case back signed LeCoultre Co. Swiss Case number: outside case back hand stamped 78'742, ring shank stamped 14k / 0.585, numbered 821, and with Edmond Jaeger punch mark Size: 18 mm length x 16 mm width, US ring size 5¾ Accessories: none Documentary evidence suggests that the history of the ring watch stretches back to the 16th century. However, the challenge of producing reliable movements small enough to fit into the diminutive cases required for a ring meant that few examples were made before the 19th century. Among the most notable historical examples are a quarter-repeating ring watch made for King George III by John Arnold in 1764 and a Breguet ring watch with an alarm purchased by Prince Demidoff in 1836. The development of very small yet highly reliable watch movements in the 20th century by watchmakers such as LeCoultre significantly simplified the production of miniature watches. Despite these advancements, ring watches remained a relatively uncommon genre throughout much of the 20th century, cherished by their owners for their novelty and exceptional craftsmanship. This ring watch was supplied directly to Cartier New York from LeCoultre Co. in Switzerland. A similar example made in platinum but without a hinged cover over the dial is known.

View 1 of Lot 2155: New York retailed | A yellow gold ring watch with concealed dial, Circa 1937

new york retailed | a yellow gold ring watch with concealed dial, circa 1937

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The library comprising approximately eighty reference books and catalogues including:

The library comprising approximately eighty reference books and catalogues including: Antiquorum Auctioneers. Professor Thomas Engel Collection Part I: Geneva, Sunday, November 11, 2001. Antiquorum Editions, 1999. Breguet, C. A.L. Breguet; Horologer. Translated by W.A.H. Brown. E.L. Lee. c1962. Breguet, Emmanuel. Breguet: A Century of Aviation. Éditions Privat, 2018. Breguet, Emmanuel. Breguet Uhmacher Seit 1775. Emmanuel Duchamp, 1997. Catalogue of Celebrated Collection of Watches by Breguet: Formed by the Late Sir David Salomons (Parts I, II, III). Christie, Manson and Woods ltd., 1964-1965. Chapiro, Adolphe. Jean-Antoine Lépine: Horloger (1720-1814). Les Editions de L’Amateur, 1988. Chapuis, Alfred. A.L. Breguet: Pendant la Révolution Française. Editions du Griffon, 1953. Crisford, Andrew, ed. Masterpieces from The Asprey Collection: Volume One: Abraham-Louis Breguet. Quartet Books, 1994. Daniels, George. All in Good Time: Reflections of a Watchmaker. Rev. ed. Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd., 2006. Daniels, George. The Art of Breguet. Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd., 1986. Daniels, George. The Practical Watch Escapement. Premier Print Ltd., 1997. Engel, Thomas. A.L. Breguet: Watchmaker to Kings: Thoughts on Time. Stitcher Konzepte AG, 1994. Facsimiles of the two horological patents for which Abraham-Louis Breguet Applied in 1798 and 1801 Hayard, Michael. Antide Janvier 1751-1835: Horloger des Étoiles [Antide Janvier 1751-1835: Celestial Clockmaker]. Lelivredart, 2011. Patrizzi, Osvaldo. Breguet: Meisterwerke Klassischer Uhrmacherkunst. Callwey, 1991. Salomons, David Lionel. Breguet (1747-1823): Addenda to Appendix. c1921. Salomons, David Lionel. Breguet: 1747-1823. Kent and Sussex Courier Company, 1921. Salomons, David Lionel. Breguet (1747-1823): Supplement. Kent and Sussex Courier Company, 1921. Treffry, Timothy, ed. Derek Pratt: Watchmaker. British Horological Institute Ltd., 2020.

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