The Breguet Museum was active here, carrying off three of the top ten lots: a rare Breguet chronometer of c.1830 at £25,000; an unusual gold wandering jump hour Breguet wristwatch of c.1929 at £22,000; and a slim gold hunting cased watch with lever escapement of c.1829, at £12,000.
However, the best price of the day was the £28,000 paid by a private buyer for the rare and complicated silver pair case verge clockwatch with alarm, made by Thomas Tompion in c.1695, seen open, top, and closed, bottom.
Clockwatch takes Sotheby’s top spot
SOTHEBY'S (20/12% buyer’s premium) September 14 sale offered a selection of watches and wristwatches in their Bond Street sale that realised a total of £424,500 with selling rates of 67 per cent by lot and value.