- Page Title
- A silver and gold montre souscription à tact | A Celebration of Breguet’s 250th Anniversary | Watches | Sotheby's
- Brand
- sothebys.com
- Type
- Other
- First Seen
- 10/21/2025
- Last Seen
- 11/1/2025
- Domain
- sothebys.com
- URL
- https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2025/a-celebration-of-breguets-250th-anniversary-ge2503/a-silver-and-gold-montre-souscription-a-tact
- Description
- <p><strong> </strong></p><p>23’’’ gilded Souscription calibre, large central going barrel, ruby cylinder escapement, plain three-arm balance with parachute suspension, blued steel balance spring with bi-metallic compensation curb, blued steel regulator with extended arc for cuvette aperture, <em>signed Breguet No. 1106, the number repeated to bottom plate</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p>small off-set white enamel dial, Roman numerals, outer minute ring with plain border, blued steel <em>Breguet </em>hands</p><p> </p><p>silver <em>collier</em>-form <em>Tavernier </em>case, engine-turned covers with ray-form guilloché pattern, glazed aperture to front revealing dial, small rose gold vacant oval cartouche at opposite edge, hinged at VII-VIII, rose gold arrow-form <em>tact</em> hand mounted to back, gold chased and engraved medallion to edge beneath translucent enamel depicting infants at play, rose gold bezels, pendant and ring, front bezel with touch pins at the hours, back bezel with 5-minute graduations adjacent to tip of <em>tact </em>hand, silver fluted band, gilded dial cuvette with apertures for winding, hand-setting and regulation <em>signed and numbered Breguet à Paris No. 1106,</em> <em>inside front cover with Paris assay and discharge marks comprising head of a Greek woman (1) in oval cartouche (first standard silver 950/1000), head of man facing forwards (85) in round frame (1798-1809), further mark partially obscured by dial aperture, case maker’s mark P.B T with triangle above in irregular-pentagonal cartouche for Pierre-Benjamin Tavernier, numbered B 1106, 2123</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p>with a short gold <em>Breguet</em> chain and ratchet key</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Measurements</strong></p><p> </p><p>diameter 57.5mm</p><p>case depth 11mm (excluding crystal and medallion)</p><p>length of chain/key 125mm</p><p>weight 117.6g (including chain/key)</p><p>weight 107.6mm (approx. excluding chain/key)</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Accompaniments</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>with a Breguet 250<sup>th</sup> anniversary certificate</p>
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