A Monsieur Esseyd Aly Effendi Watch No

A Monsieur Esseyd Aly Effendi Watch No. 2090, sold on 16 September 1808, for the sum of 3360 Francs. Gold and enamel pair-cased watch with " grande" and "petite" sonnerie striking and quarter-repeating, made for the Islamic market. Notes Literature: Illustrated and described in G. Daniels, The Art of Breguet, p. 207, figs. 201a-d. Note: Both the decoration and technical features of this watch are typical of the finest examples made by Breguet for the Islamic market. In common with most of these "luxury" watches, usually ordered through Le Roy, Breguet's agent in Constantinople, there is a double or pair case and a striking train. It is interesting to note that these are virtually the only watches in his entire production which radically depart from the purely functional styling that so characterised his work. Nevertheless, the Near East represented an important market at the time, and watches with similar decoration on the cases were also produced in England and Switzerland. SEYYID MEHMED E S 'A D E F F E N D I Official historiographer Ottoman scientist (1789 -1848) Es'Ad Effendi's father, who died accidentally in 1804 during his journey to Medina to take up the position of "Kadi", left his family in stark poverty. At a young age, Es'Ad Effendi took his holy orders and occupied various posts within the Church. In October 1825, he succeeded Shani-zade Ata Allah Efendi as "wak'a-nüwis", an important clerical position he was to occupy until his death twent