29,900 CHF
Breguet No. 1638, sold to Mr. Casavalencia for the Prince of Prussia, on 14 February 1814, for 2200 Francs. Fine and extremely rare 18 ct. gold watch "à secondes d'un coup", with dual calendar, subsidiary seconds and thermometer, with special escapement. Later four body, "forme quatre baguettes", engine-turned with reeded band, Gold cuvette. White enamel with Turkish numerals, subsidiary dial for date and the running seconds with outer ring for days of the week, sector for the thermometer. Gold Breguet hands and counterpoised blued-steel centre-seconds. Notes Specially designed by Breguet for his precision time-keepers with tourbillon regulator, the " échappement naturel" is not to be found on other watches, even more so when, such as in this example, the watch is fitted with the independent dead seconds mechanism so called "secondes d'un coup. With the double calendar and the thermometer. This movement is of exceptional interest and almost unique in the work of Breguet. According to the dial with the Turkish numerals, and the case specially made in the second part of the XIXth century, this watch was certainly upgraded at the request of a later Islamic owner.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1993-11-14
