4,720 CHF
“Breguet White Gold Dress Watch” Breguet, No. 490, case No. 8566 by Verger Frères. Made in the 1920s. Very fine, thin and elegant, white gold keyless dress watch, sold to Mr. Lucien Cochet on November 28, 1924. Three-body, polished, trefoil bow. Silvered with applied white gold “Breguet” numerals and outer dot minute divisions. White gold “Breguet” hands. 36 mm (16.5’’’), frosted gilt, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, index regulator. Dial and movement signed. Case with Verger Frères punch mark. Diam. 45 mm. To be sold without reserve Notes Ferdinand Verger (1851-1928) was a jeweler and watchmaker who became President of the “Chambre Syndicale des Bijoutiers”. In 1879 he became the French agent for Vacheron & Constantin. In 1896 Ferdinand registered the trademark “FV”. In 1911 the firm moved to 51 Rue Sainte Anne under the name of Verger Frères, with the trademark “VF”. In 1901 Ferdinand Verger bought out Lépine; the remaining stock was sold to Louis Leroy in 1914. Verger’s Their creations count among the most original designs of the Art Deco period, and their specialty was the jeweled timepiece.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-05-14
