Lot 28 · Masterworks of Time: Abraham Louis Breguet, Horologist Extraordinaire 「時間傑作——阿伯拉罕・路易・寶璣：鐘錶鬼才」
an exceptional and very rare gold self-winding quarter repeating watch with moon phases, day of the week and power reserve no. 60, 'pérpetuelle' sold to monsieur johnston on 5 january 1796 for 3,120 francs
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- Estimate
- CHF 200,000–CHF 300,000 hammer ≈ $211,029–$316,544
- 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-2026-4830013
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Breguet, an exceptional and very rare gold self-winding quarter repeating watch with moon phases, day of the week and power reserve no. 60, 'pérpetuelle' sold to monsieur johnston on 5 january 1796 for 3,120 francs. Sotheby's, 16 Jun 2020, lot 28. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4830013.
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Breguet, an exceptional and very rare gold self-winding quarter repeating watch with moon phases, day of the week and power reserve no. 60, 'pérpetuelle' sold to monsieur johnston on 5 january 1796 for 3,120 francs. Sotheby's, 16 Jun 2020, lot 28. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4830013.
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