402,500 CHF
"Au Comte François Potocki" Breguet et fils, No. 3773, sold to Comte Francois Potocki on March 14th, 1822, for 2,400 francs, bought back and resold to Mme Dupaty on November 3rd 1829 for 2,400 francs . Very fine and extremely rare, platinum and yellow gold hunting cased quarter repeating pocket watch with ruby cylinder escapement. Accompanied by the original fitted box, spare rock crystal crystal, original certificate dated 3 November 1829 and a duplicate certificate dated 26 May 1971. Four-body by Joly No. 2459, "savonnette forme quatre baguettes", yellow gold engine turned covers “a grains d’orge”, platinum body with engine turned band. Gold cuvette. Matte silver, engine-turned, brushed chapter ring with radial Roman numerals, outer minute chapter with dot indexes. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. Notes This is only the second example of a gold and platinum cased pocket watch with quarter repeat by Breguet to have passed through these rooms. The first was watch no. 4074 sold to Mademoiselle de Valckiers and was sold as lot 340 on the 21st of October 1995. The certificate dated 1829 for the present lot is an interesting historical document in its own right as it has a list of watchmakers around Europe who could be trusted to repair the watch as well as instructions on its correct use. The Potocki family an important artistocratic family that originated in Potok in the Krakow Voivodship, their family name derives from that place’s name. On May 3rd 1791 Europe’s first
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-11-12
