111st Auction
2024/11/16
Lot 303
Breguet et Fils1680
A very fine, large pocket watch with quarter repeater and secret signature "Montre Repetition à Cuvette" - sold on 8.9. An 13 (May 28, 1805) to Monsieur Martin from Luneville for 1.314 Francs - with enamelled winding key
Sold
estimated
16.000—22.000 €
Price realized
20.000 €
specific features
Case
18 K rose gold, the repeater is activated by a pull-and-twist piston in the pendant, case maker master's mark "AG" (Amy Gros).
Dial
Enamel, secret signature below "12".
Movement
Bridge movement, wheel train: Decombaz, keywind, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, going barrel, ruby cylinder escapement, three-arm brass balance, blued balance spring with bimetallic compensation curb on the index, shock protection-"parachute".
Case no.670, Breguet No. B1680
Diam.55 mm
Circa1805
Ctry.France
Wt.129 g
This timepiece is one of a series if repeater eatches created by Decombaz, who was one of Breguet’s most skilled employees and also the maker of the famous "Perpetuelles". The watch featurest he extremely reliable Breguet repeater mechanism and the typical balance with suspended ruby cylinder.