46,000 CHF
Miniature Médaillon Breguet, No. 2053, Médaillon, sold to Monsieur Aufresne on August 25, 1807 for 1320 Francs. Fine and rare 20K gold, small pendant "montre de souscription", accompanied by original ratchet key and a certificate issued by Breguet on April 11, 1857. Three-body, "forme collier", by Tavernier No. 2634, back engine-turned in circular pattern and glazed, reeded band, gold detachable cuvette with winding and regulating apertures. Gold, engine-turned with Roman numerals on a polished chapter ring, engine-turned center. Blued steel Breguet "lance" hand. 33.4 mm. (15’’’), gilt brass, souscription caliber with central going barrel wound only from the back, overhanging ruby cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance with pare-chute suspension and flat balance spring, 5-wheel train. Signed on the dial, cuvette and movement, secret signature on the dial. Diam. 39 mm. Notes Monsieur Aufresne was a Breguet client who purchased at least 13 watches, most of them in 1807 and 1808. Two of them ended up in Polish hands, one becoming the property of Count Potocki, which suggests that Aufresne may have been a Breguet agent operating in Poland and Russia. For a biography of Breguet, see page 203. The next two watches, lots No. 112 and 113, are particularly representative of Breguet’s innovative genius for employing guilloché as the principal decorative element of his watches. These two watches were called "mon-tres médaillons" in Breguet catalogues of the per
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2002-10-19
