Abrahamlouis breguet leaves his home in neuchatel as a teenager, and heads for versailles and paris for a watchmaking apprenticeship. Download this app from microsoft store for windows 10, windows 8. Abrahamlouis breguet 17471823 antoinelouis breguet 17761858 gold pocket watch with tourbillon paris, c. Furthermore, any watch bearing the words spiral breguet was not produced by breguet. Breguet buys two antique breguet pocket watches for 7 million. Breguet is the name youll find on the most exclusive watches in the world both the original marie antoinette pocket watch and the replica released to celebrate its heritage and mysterious life even the replica is so exclusive it was built never to be sold. Breguet unveils the blue version of its classique tourbillon extraplat automatique. Since 1999, it has been a subsidiary of the swiss swatch group. Breguet 17471823 by salomons, david, sir, 18511925. The companys cuttingedge innovations transformed the nature of personal timekeeping, and the exhibition will include displays describing the technology that earned abrahamlouis breguet his sobriquet as the father of modern horology. New listing antique 14k gold hunter pocket watch swiss boutte remontoir breguet 23 rubies 1. The painstaking work on the smooth, solid gold dial is worked on by a specialized hand engraver to create hollowed out areas that are allocated for different functions like power reserve, phases of the moon, and the subdial for seconds. Abrahamlouis breguet was one of the most prolific watchmaking geniuses of his time.
Perhaps breguets most famous timepiece is the marieantoinette pocket watch, which took. He was born in 1747 in the swiss town of neuenburg and later founded his workshop in paris in 1775. So far, i have identified that it is a remontoir ligne droite ancre 15 rubis spiral breguet which is stamped 18k gold on the inside of the inner back piece which is hard to remove without doing damage to the watch due to lack of good tools. Discussion in american pocket watches started by steve cunningham, dec 5, 2000. Even with todays advanced technology, the tourbillon can only be built by the most skilled watchmakers. Old pocket watch antika saatler, retro klasik, iphone duvar kag. Breguet invited some of its vip clients to enjoy an intimate evening in the company of randolph churchill, the great grandson of the former prime minister, and the current caretaker of reference 765, aka the turnip, a pocket watch commissioned in 1890 by john spencerchurchill, the 7th duke of marlborough, and later bequeathed to sir winston. The watch is incredible while feeling entirely classic and well within the boundaries of what is considered typical for breguet. Free delivery and returns on ebay plus items for plus members. Printable wall art, vintage map old americas instant download. Headquartered in labbaye, switzerland, breguet is one of the oldest surviving watchmaking brands and a pioneer of numerous watchmaking technologies such as the tourbillon, which. Stolen in 1983 from a jerusalem museum, the marieantoinette watch bearing breguet number 160 resurfaced in 2007 while at baselworld 2008 montres breguet unveiled the new marieantoinette number 1160, built on the basis of archival research and original drawings. A look at winston churchills personal breguet, a rattrapante. This was a pocket watch produced less than 20 years after breguet patented the tourbillon, and this is a rare pocket watch with a tourbillon movement.
Its not unusual that brands buy back their own antique timepieces at auctions. Breguet is famed for being one of the oldest surviving watch making establishments, which is why owning a breguet timepiece is owning a part of pioneering watch history. The queen had in her day been one of the keenest admirers of the timepieces created by a. Remontoir ligne droite ancre 15 rubis spiral breguet. Case model generic model number digits 1, 2, 3 the first digit is odd for mens watches or unisex, and even for ladies watches the first two digits are loosely used as a collection code, or a model category the third digit sometimes although unusually indicates a different major version inside a given category of watches. Get the best deals on breguet antique pocket watches. Publication date 1921 topics breguet, abram louis, 17471823, clocks and watches france history. Any 19thcentury pocket watch bearing the signature breguet a paris is fake. By continuing to use this site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Click on each button to activate or deactivate the use of each type of cookies. From the past to the future breguet has always had an open, international outlook, and this is the third aspect that constitutes the success of the brand. Abrahamlouis breguet pocket watch with moonphase and power. Initially, it was designed to be powered by a 340 kw 450 hp bugatti u16 engine, driving a fourblade propeller, and such a prototype was shown on the 7th paris air show in november 1921.
A colored button indicates if the cookies are active blue, or inactive grey. It has a gorgeous motherofpearl dial with original breguet hands and was sold in full working order. Its succinctly described on the manufacturers website as the following. Art and innovation in watchmaking explores the history of the watch and clock maker breguet. Discover fantastic breguet pocket watches on chrono24 the worldwide marketplace for luxury watches large selection secure purchases. Breguet has been making timepieces for centuries and this one comes from the end of the 18th to somewhere around the start of the 19th.
Made in a small series in 1991 to celebrate antiquorums geneva auction the art of breguet in april 1991. The 2020 national meeting in dayton has been canceled. Headquartered in labbaye, switzerland, breguet is one of the oldest surviving watchmaking brands and a pioneer of numerous watchmaking technologies such as the. Ancre 15 rubis nickel spiral breguet chaton watch apr 06. Elite timepieces breguet pocket watch serial numbers. We tend not to give evaluations just based on blurry pics. Your first reflex should be to provide us with a full description of the piece, photos of the dial, the movement, and especially precise photos of the number, of the signature abrahamlouis worked together with his son antoinelouis and from 1800 their timepieces were signed breguet et fils, and of the hallmark inside the case so we. A look at winston churchills personal breguet, a rattrapante minute repeater, with his great grandson. This was a pocket watch produced less than 20 years after breguet patented the tourbillon, and this is. There are several brandmuseums filled with the most exquisite timepieces. Breguet is a luxury watch, clock and jewelry manufacturer founded by abrahamlouis breguet in paris, france in 1775.
The result is a breguets masterpiece, the marieantoinette pocket watch breguet no. Breguet began with the theory that the gravity of a pocket watch that was almost always carried vertically led to deviations in timekeeping. Breguet watches are easily recognized by their coinedged cases which are now referred to as breguet hands. Luxury swiss watchmaker, breguet, create beautiful and classically designed watches including breguet pocket watches.
Unfortunately, this pocket watch signed breguet a paris is not a genuine breguet. His first major breakthrough is the creation of the selfwinding watch, or perpetuelle. It is a counterfeit, an antique fake, made around 1800 1830s. Horologiumthe breguet n 2090 grande complication watch is a quarterrepeater with independent grande and petite sonnerie functions in a doublecase with a turkish influenced enamel design and an arabic numbered dial. An ancre 15 rubis nickel spiral breguet chaton pocket watch marked 14 kt. You can walk into a selectively placed breguet boutique and purchase a piece of. What is certain is that historical pieces attract the. Get the best deals on breguet antique pocket watches when you shop the largest online selection at. Philadelphia 1876 ancre levees visibles spiral breguet 15 rubis. Extremely fine, rare and important set comprising a minuterepeating, astronomic, 18k yellow gold wristwatch. Perhaps the invention breguet is most famous for is the tourbillon.
A pink gold, enamel and diamondset hunter case medaillon montre a tact cylinder watch signed breguet, no. Both grand sonnerie hours and quarters and 14 repeater, using a piston pendant. The havas breguet pocket watch made in all likelihood by. Breguet bought two very rare antique pocket at an antiquorum auction in geneva last week. Breguet says themselves any watch with a higher serial number than 5500 is a joke. There he developed creations such as the first automatic pocket watch and the no. Breguet is a luxury watch, clock and jewelry manufacturer founded by abraham louis breguet. How to determine the value of a pocket watch catawiki. The zenith of the musical pocket watch genre arrived in early 1800s as a variety of timepieces were produced, some using rotating drums, others, rotating. Seligmann, in memory of his father, simon seligmann, the art collector, 1979. In addition, he invented the first travel clock, sold to napoleon bonaparte in 1798, and the first wristwatch, delivered to caroline murat, queen of naples in 1812. Breguet watches all prices for breguet watches on chrono24. Between the 1880s and 1910, many manufacturers added this inscription in large letters. She herself owned many of the master watchmakers designs and.
To make sure what you got you should consider to email breguet cs, add pics as much as you have, add the case and movement numbers and with those data breguet should be able to confirm authenticity. Several years ago, breguet quietly introduced a complicated vintagestyle pocket watch into its collection. See more ideas about pocket, watches and pocket watch. Both are extremely rare and extremely complicated and have already arrived at the breguet museum in geneva. Breguet is one brand that does remakes beautifully, and the recent release of the classique tourbillon extraplat squelette 5395 is clear evidence. On the 16th of october 1793, queen marieantoinette of france was led to the guillotine a few months after her husband, king louis xvi. The history of breguet time and watches the watch blog. Breguet tourbillon with case cover mens watch, model 1801br122w6 price. The havas breguet pocket watch made in all likelihood by abrahamlouis breguets very own hands, since its dated ca. Any pocket watch with an individual number higher than 5500 can be considered fake.
Ive just received the answer from breguet company mr emmanuel breguet. Pocket watch questions of authenticity aside, if it is a fake, its appears to at least be an old and rather interesting fake, and worth owning and learning more about. Mens breguet 1801br122w6 tourbillon with case cover watch. The breguet 19 was designed as a successor to a highly successful world war i light bomber, the 14. Breguet antique pocket watches for sale shop with afterpay. At the french court of the 1780s, breguet could not have wished for a finer supporter. A short time later, he invents the gongsprings, creates its own aesthetic codes, which include the first engineturned dials guilloche, innovates with the terminal. Abrahamlouis breguet pocket watch with moonphase and. There are several brandmuseums filled with the most. It displays the time in regulator style, chimes the time in the form of a minute repeater with grande sonnerie, and provides extra precision thanks to the oneminute tourbillon. Results and thoughts on christies rare watches sale, including. Prominently engraved on the dial is regulateur a tourbillon. The house of breguet possesses two other historical tourbillon pocket watches, no. Breguet contributes to the improvement of watchmaking principles, which he was already known for, and develops an abundance of innovations.