BREGUET. A VERY RARE AND HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT 18K GOLD HALF QUARTER REPEATING WATCH WITH SECRET PORTRAIT COMPARTMENT, SOLD TO PAULINE BONAPARTE, PRINCESS BORGHESE, SISTER OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

Lot 110
12.05.2025 00:00UTC +01:00
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CHF 201 600
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 110 | BREGUET. A VERY RARE AND HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT 18K GOLD HALF QUARTER REPEATING WATCH WITH SECRET PORTRAIT COMPARTMENT, SOLD TO PAULINE BONAPARTE, PRINCESS BORGHESE, SISTER OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
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CHF 100 000 – 200 000
BREGUET. A VERY RARE AND HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT 18K GOLD HALF QUARTER REPEATING WATCH WITH SECRET PORTRAIT COMPARTMENT, SOLD TO PAULINE BONAPARTE, PRINCESS BORGHESE, SISTER OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
NO. 2539, SOLD TO LA PRINCESSE PAULINE BORGHESE ON 25 OCTOBER 1813, FOR THE SUM OF 2'400 FRANCS
Movement: Manual
Dial: Silvered engine-turned
Case: 58 mm. diam., guilloché with secret hinged inner gold cover devised to contain a portrait
With: Extract from the Archives and winding key
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
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