Lot 73 · Masterworks of Time: Abraham Louis Breguet, Horologist Extraordinaire 「時間傑作——阿伯拉罕・路易・寶璣：鐘錶鬼才」
a very rare, fine and slim white gold open-faced keyless lever jump hour watch with digital display perpetual calendar no. 1116, sold to monsieur cortlandt bishop on 7 march 1927 for 24,000 francs
Sign in to download a work market report (PDF) — placement, comparables, and the artist's market, generated from the record.
- Estimate
- CHF 20,000–CHF 30,000 hammer ≈ $21,103–$31,654
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Masterworks of Time: Abraham Louis Breguet, Horologist Extraordinaire 「時間傑作——阿伯拉罕・路易・寶璣：鐘錶鬼才」, Geneva · 16 June 2020
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4829948
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-4829948 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-4829948
Breguet, a very rare, fine and slim white gold open-faced keyless lever jump hour watch with digital display perpetual calendar no. 1116, sold to monsieur cortlandt bishop on 7 march 1927 for 24,000 francs. Sotheby's, 16 Jun 2020, lot 73. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4829948.
Cite this record permanent · resolvable · quotable
Appraisal reports, insurance claims, catalogue entries and footnotes. The identifier never changes, and anyone can resolve it back to this page at https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-4829948.
Breguet, a very rare, fine and slim white gold open-faced keyless lever jump hour watch with digital display perpetual calendar no. 1116, sold to monsieur cortlandt bishop on 7 march 1927 for 24,000 francs. Sotheby's, 16 Jun 2020, lot 73. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4829948.
The citation omits the realized price because this record is not unlocked. Everything else in it is complete and permanent.
From the same sale Masterworks of Time: Abraham Louis Breguet, Horologist Extraordinaire 「時間傑作——阿伯拉罕・路易・寶璣：鐘錶鬼才」 · Jun 2020
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| a very rare gold oval ring thermometer no. 2119, sold 1 may 1810 by m… | Breguet Et Fils | CHF 15,000–CHF 25,000 | |
| an exceptional and very rare gold self-winding quarter repeating watc… | Breguet | CHF 200,000–CHF 300,000 | |
| b. haas jeune & cie, paris & genève [b. haas jeune & cie，巴黎及日內瓦] | a … | — | CHF 3,000–CHF 5,000 | |
| a silver-gilt pocket thermometer with réaumur and fahrenheit scales n… | Breguet | CHF 3,000–CHF 5,000 | |
| a fine pink gold hunting cased double dialled keyless lever calendar … | Alfred Courvoisier Jonais | CHF 2,000–CHF 3,000 | |
| cartier, france [卡地亞，法國] | a gold and enamel purse watch with sprung … | France Cartier | CHF 7,000–CHF 10,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breguet | Untitled | $55,345 | Phillips, Nov 2024 | |
| Breguet | Reference 3755BA | A yellow gold skeletonised perpetual cale | Sotheby's, Oct 2025 | ||
| Breguet | Reference 3357 Classique Tourbillon | A yellow gold tourbill | Sotheby's, Jun 2026 | ||
| Breguet | Reference 3567 Tourbillon | A limited edition platinum tourb | Sotheby's, Jun 2025 | ||
| Breguet | Classique, Reference 3577 | A pink gold tourbillon chronogra | Sotheby's, Feb 2022 | ||
| Breguet | Reine de Naples, Reference 8939 | A white gold and diamond-s | Sotheby's, Apr 2023 | ||
| Breguet | breguet [寶璣] | a fine and extremely rare pink gold open-face | Sotheby's, Jun 2020 | ||
| Breguet | Reference 3350 Tourbillon Messidor, A yellow gold tourbillon | Sotheby's, Dec 2021 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.