Breguet
No.4730
Abraham Louis Breguet, (1747–1823)
the watchmaker to the Kings, Queens
and important members of the society,
was acknowledged as a benefactor of
horology and a supreme master of his art.
This miniature complicated watch,
numbered 4730, previously unknown
to the market or recorded anywhere
in literature, is an incredible watch on
many levels. The first is the size, the case
measures 37 millimetres, which is slightly
larger than a one Euro coin. Next, is the
provenance of the watch, having been
sold to the Russian Princess Catherina
Bagration in 1829 and rumoured to be a
gift for 6