Lot 215

Breguet à Paris, "Horloger de La Marine Royale", No. 3707, Case No. Breguet Nr. B3707/2458, 50 mm, 98 g, circa 1822
A rare platinum/pink gold Breguet pocket watch "Montre simple", sold on June 11th, 1822 to the notary Monsieur Fourchy for 1140 Francs. With Breguet certificate no. 3630
Case: 18k pink gold and platinum, case design "quatre baguettes", engine-turned. Dial: silver, engine-turned centre, auxiliary eccentric seconds between 4 and 5 o'clock. Movm.: bridge movement, keywind, shock protection-"parachute", ruby cylinder escapement, temperature compensated balance spring, three-arm ring balance.
Antoine-Jules Fourchy (1789-1851) was a well-respected notary in Paris from 1819 until his death in 1851.
Breguet only very rarely produced cases in a combination of platinum and pink gold; platinum was hardly ever used before circa 1800.

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