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“Peter the First, King of Serbia” Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 331041, case No. 200679. One of a series of twelve watches made for Peter the First, King of Serbia, in 1905. Very fine and historically important, keyless, 18K yellow gold Royal presentation dress watch. White enamel with Breguet numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Yellow gold "Breguet" hands. Notes The present watch was previously sold by Antiquorum, Geneva, “The Quarter Millennium of Vacheron Constantin”, April 3, 2005, lot 164. Peter I, King of Serbia (1844–1921) King of Serbia (1903–18) and king of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (1918–21), Peter I was the son of Prince Alexander of Serbia (Alexander Karadjordjevi). He was brought up in exile in Geneva and Paris while the Obrenovi line ruled Serbia, and he fought on the French side in the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71). In 1875, he joined the Bosnian insurrection against the Ottomans. The 1903 assassination of King Alexander of Serbia brought Peter to the throne. Peter proved an able and conscientious ruler and restored dignity to the court of Belgrade. He reformed the constitution, the army, and the school system and fostered improved methods of agriculture. The outstanding figure of his reign was Nikola Pai, who directed Serbian policy in the Balkan Wars (1912–13) and in World War I. Early in 1914 Peter, by then in poor health, retired from active rule and his son, later King Alexander of Yugoslavia, became regent. Peter took par


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Date:
2007-11-11

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