$107,000
Breguet, No. 46, sold to Count Fersen for 3,390 francs on June 16, 1837.Very fine and extremely rare, gilt bronze, eight-day going carriage clock with half-quarter repeater, alarm, subsidiary seconds, calendar with days of the month and months, in original Morocco fitted box, accompanied by the original key and certificate. Notes Only one other similar carriage clock by Breguet is known to date. It houses the movement No. 2516 and was sold in 1811. It is described and illustrated by George Daniels in his "The Art of Breguet", London & New York, 1975, p.216. Presumably the present clock and the one in the Daniels book were specially made to the client's specifications. It is very rare to find a Breguet clock in such excellent condition, and still with its original box, due to its having been preserved with care by severalgenerations of the same family.The von Fersens of Sweden: two generations of connoisseurs of fine horology. Among them, Axel von Fersen, who lived much of his life in France, and Gustaf Hans von Fersen, his nephew, and the last direct male heir to the dynasty.The Fersens were an important and politically influential family, which had arrived in Sweden from the Baltic countries during the 17th century. Every generation had close ties with the Swedish royal family, serving at court, being counselors to the king, or holding a military command. Fredrik Axel von Fersen (the father of Axel von Fersen), marÈchal des armÈes, was the richest man of his time an
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-09-20
