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BREGUET. A VERY FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE LARGE 18K GOLD RUBY CYLINDER WATCH WITH UNUSUAL CALIBRE
BREGUET. A VERY FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE LARGE 18K GOLD RUBY CYLINDER WATCH WITH UNUSUAL CALIBRE
BREGUET. A VERY FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE LARGE 18K GOLD RUBY CYLINDER WATCH WITH UNUSUAL CALIBRE
BREGUET. A VERY FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE LARGE 18K GOLD RUBY CYLINDER WATCH WITH UNUSUAL CALIBRE
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BREGUETNO. 731 ‘MONTRE SIMPLE, NOUVEAU CALIBRE’THE PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
BREGUET. A VERY FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE LARGE 18K GOLD RUBY CYLINDER WATCH WITH UNUSUAL CALIBRE

SIGNED BREGUET, NO. 731, 'MONTRE SIMPLE NOUVEAU CALIBRE' SOLD ON 19 FLORÉAL AN 9 (9 MAY 1801) TO MONSIEUR SARA FOR THE SUM OF 912 FRANCS, BOUGHT BACK ON 21 FRUCTIDOR AN 9 (8 SEPTEMBER 1801) AND RESOLD TO MONSIEUR SLADE TO DELIVER TO MONSIEUR BOTTON ON 1 BRUMAIRE AN 10 (21 OCTOBER 1801)

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BREGUET. A VERY FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE LARGE 18K GOLD RUBY CYLINDER WATCH WITH UNUSUAL CALIBRE
SIGNED BREGUET, NO. 731, 'MONTRE SIMPLE NOUVEAU CALIBRE' SOLD ON 19 FLORÉAL AN 9 (9 MAY 1801) TO MONSIEUR SARA FOR THE SUM OF 912 FRANCS, BOUGHT BACK ON 21 FRUCTIDOR AN 9 (8 SEPTEMBER 1801) AND RESOLD TO MONSIEUR SLADE TO DELIVER TO MONSIEUR BOTTON ON 1 BRUMAIRE AN 10 (21 OCTOBER 1801)
Movement: Manual, nouveau calibre with three lateral bridges, ruby cylinder escapement, three-arm plain brass balance, blued steel flat balance spring with bimetallic compensation curb on the regulator
Dial: White enamel, eccentric subsidiary seconds dial with blued steel counterpoised hand at 5 o'clock
Case: 59.5 mm. diam., four body ‘forme collier’, no. 4044/731 by Amy Gros, the back engine-turned grains d'orge, central cartouche engraved with the letter B, ball-shaped pendant and round loose ring bow, hinged gilt brass cuvette
With: Breguet-type short gold chain

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Lot Essay

This rare and impressive ‘Montre Simple’ no. 731, with Iits distinctive lateral bridge movement layout is described and illustrated by George Daniels in: The Art of Breguet (1975), p. 182, ill. 145a-b.

With the term ‘Nouveau Calibre’ (new calibre), Breguet described a new type of movement that he introduced for simple watches after 1796, following his return to Paris from exile after the French Revolution. Designated as the final development for his watches made without striking or repeating, usually the ‘Nouveau Calibre’ was constructed in a smaller size than the present watch and is rarely seen with a subsidiary dial for the seconds.

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