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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Oct 15, 2006

LOT 24

?A Monsieur Hervas? Breguet, No. 580, sold to Monsieur Hervas in Ventose, An 8 (February/March 1801) for 840 francs, bought back in Frimaire, An 10 (November/ December 1802) and registered at that time as No. 1018, sold to Monsieur Feran on 14 Germinal, An 10 (April 3, 1803) for 876 Francs. Very fine and rare, 18K gold ?montre de souscription?, pocket watch with ruby cylinder escapement.

CHF 30,000 - 40,000

EUR 20,000 - 25,000 / USD 25,000 - 33,000

Sold: CHF 35,400

C. Three-body, ?Empire?, by Joly, engine turned, polished bezel and border, engine-turned band. D. White enamel, with Breguet numerals and outer five-minute track, secret signature below 12 ?Breguet 1018?. Blued-steel pointer hand. M. 56 mm (25'''), frosted gilt, souscription caliber, central barrel wound from the front only, overhanging ruby cylinder escapement, three arm brass balance, the top pivot with parachute, blued steel flat balance spring, bimetallic temperature compensation curb fitted to the index regulator. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 61 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

When the present watch was bought back by Breguet from Monsieur Hervas it was refurbished and re-entered in the registers as No. 1018. This watch is illustrated in ?The Art of Breguet?, George Daniels, 1975, p. 176. Monsieur Hervas a banker, was one of Breguet?s regular clients. Emmanuel Breguet, ?Breguet, Horloger depuis 1775?, Alain de Gourcuff Editeur, 1997, p. 182. For a note about souscription watches, see pages 32-33.