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Lot 534 · Masterworks of Time: Splendours for the East 「時間傑作:西器東傳」

a gold wandering jump hour keyless lever watch no. 1944, sold to monsieur a. braun on 16 november 1948 for 4,080 francs [ 寶璣黃金漫遊式跳時懷錶,編號1944]

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Estimate
CHF 8,000–CHF 12,000 hammer ≈ $8,730–$13,095
Result
Performance
Sale
Sotheby's — Masterworks of Time: Splendours for the East 「時間傑作:西器東傳」, Geneva · 12 November 2020
Record ID
TB-2026-4874295
Record
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Breguet, a gold wandering jump hour keyless lever watch no. 1944, sold to monsieur a. braun on 16 november 1948 for 4,080 francs [ 寶璣黃金漫遊式跳時懷錶,編號1944]. Sotheby's, 12 Nov 2020, lot 534. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4874295.

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Breguet, a gold wandering jump hour keyless lever watch no. 1944, sold to monsieur a. braun on 16 november 1948 for 4,080 francs [ 寶璣黃金漫遊式跳時懷錶,編號1944]. Sotheby's, 12 Nov 2020, lot 534. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4874295.

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From the same sale Masterworks of Time: Splendours for the East 「時間傑作:西器東傳」 · Nov 2020

LotArtistEstimateResult
an enamel and split pearl-set quarter repeating musical watch playing… Swiss CHF 10,000–CHF 15,000
a gold double dialled hunting cased keyless lever watch with simple c… Swiss CHF 2,000–CHF 3,000
a fine and slim gold and enamel hunting cased digital jump hour watch… CHF 4,000–CHF 6,000
a lady's gold quarter repeating keyless lever watch in late 18th cent… Breguet CHF 8,000–CHF 12,000
a gold and lapis lazuli single cased verge watch circa 1790 [黃金鑲青金石懷錶… Continental CHF 4,000–CHF 6,000
invented by oscar e. batori and raymond nardin, made for batori compu… Locle & Genève Ulysse Nardin CHF 5,000–CHF 10,000

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