82,600 CHF
Earl's Coronet and Duke's Coronet, "Le Comte de Pembroke" Breguet, No. 2789, sold to the Count of Pembroke on October 19, 1832 for 5,000 francs. Accompanied by the Breguet Certificate. Very fine and very rare 18K gold very small and very slim montre simple, double-cased, fermée type, pocket watch with calendar, built on the principles of the garde-temps. Silver, engine-turned, eccentric polished chapter with radial Roman numerals and outer dot minute markers, date aperture above 12, regulation lever and index at 1 balanced with the signature cartouche at 11. Gold Breguet hands. Notes This watch was purchased from Breguet by Robert Herbert, 12th Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery (1791-1862) in 1832. The Earls of Pembroke are one of England's greatest families whose family home, Wilton House, near Salisbury, is one of the great treasure houses of England. Since 1551, Wilton House has remained in the Herbert family and, though today open to the public, is still the private home of the 18th Earl of Pembroke. Garde-Temps This term was used by Breguet specifically to indicate high-precision watches. A true guarantee of quality, the term could be applied to pieces for scientific use as well as for "civilian" pieces such as this watch made to the same principles as the garde temps.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-10-15
