91,500 CHF
Breguet et Fils, Horloger de la Marine Royale, No. 3519, “Montre Premiere Classe”, sold to General Davidoff on March 8, 1822, for 4,500 francs. Very fine and rare 20K gold, silver and enamel half quarter repeating watch with days of the week, date and secret compartment with an ivory miniature portrait of a lady, with a short gold chain and Breguet key, accompanied by a Breguet certificate No. 2533. Notes This watch was sold by Antiquorum in the sale of the Professor Thomas Engel Collection, on November 11, 2001, lot 324. Denis Vladimirovich Davidoff (1781-1839). Davidoff was a military man and a poet, and was a member of the literary club “Arzamas”, along with Prince Peter Viatzemsky, Prince Michael Orlov, Ivan Turgenyev and Vasili Zhukovsky. General Denis Davidoff was a commander of the partisans who defeated Napoleon.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-10-11
