674,500 CHF
A Sa Majesté le Vice-Roi d'EgypteBreguet, No. 4254/717, sold on 1 November 1828, for 8800 Francs, resold to Moïana for His Majesty on 27 June 1854, for 8000 Francs.Magnificent and extremely important 18K gold extra-flat, pair-cased astronomical, moon phase, equation of time, jump hour watch with quarter-repeating and triple calendar, constructed on the principle of the "garde-temps". Accompanied by original gold short Breguet chain and ratchet key. Eccentric, engine-turned silver, by Tavernier, with radial Roman numerals on a plain reserve, small sector for the equation of time and concentric semi-circular aperture for slow/fast regulation indicator, subsidiary dials for seconds and months, with apertures for days of the week, date and phase of the moon with the age of the moon engraved on the border. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. Notes Said PachaViceroy of Egypt from 1854 to 1863.Ismail PachaViceroy of Egypt from 1863 to 1879.Said Pacha became Khedive of Egypt on the death of Abbas 1st, in 1854. He was the fourth son of Muhammad-Ali, the founder of the Dynasty. Egypt was at the time under the domination of the Ottoman Empire, and limited in its degree of self-determination. Said Pacha had been educated in Europe, and he therefore continued, and indeed enlarged, the program of reforms begun by his father. Three of the most important of these were both enlightened and advanced in their outlook: the abolition of slaveryand the slave trade, the right to pass on land an
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-10-13
