Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 18, 1997

LOT 25

Breguet & Fils No. 2193, sold to Mr. Amil Bey on 2 October 1817, for 4000 Piastres. Very fine 18K gold, quarter repeating Grande and Petite Sonnerie striking clock watch, made for the Islamic Market, in a red leather fitted box, accompanied by the original short chain and ratchet key.

CHF 150,000 - 180,000

C. Four body "forme quatre baguettes" by Joly, No. 1920, engine-turned " a grains d'orge" . Gold detachable cuvette. D. White enamel with Turkish numerals. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 20 -, gilt brass full plate double train with twin barrel retained by a single bridge, overhanging ruby cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance with parechute suspension on the top pivot, blued steel flat balance spring. Grande and Petite Sonnerie on two gongs with two hammers, the Strike/Silent and "Grande/Petite" selection lever through the bezel. Independent quarter repeating train with two hammers and two gongs, with pull-twist piston through the pendant. Signed on the dial, cuvette and movement. Secret signature below chapter 12. Accompanied by Breguet certificate No. 2136. Diam. 56 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: B

Fair
Case: 1

As new
Movement: 1

As new
Dial: 22

Later original

Notes

Provenance: The property of an important American family since the I920 's. Formerly in the Dollfus collection. Literature: Illustrate and described by George Daniels in The Art of Breguet, p. 210, fig. 201 a-c. Note: The movement of this watch is very similar to the previous lot and the watch No. 2090 (lot 23). Although sent for sale to Le Roy in Constantinople, the case is of classic "forme quatre baguettes " type, unlike the majority of watches made for the Islamic Market which were usually of pair case style with enamelled decoration