Breguet. A fine and rare 18K gold openface keyless lever presentation watch

SIGNED BREGUET, NO. 438, CIRCA 1924

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Breguet. A fine and rare 18K gold openface keyless lever presentation watch
Signed Breguet, No. 438, circa 1924
With gilt-finished fully jewelled lever movement, bimetallic compensation balance, gold cuvette, the silvered engine-turned dial with Breguet numerals on outer blank chapter ring, blued steel Breguet hands, subsidiary seconds, in plain circular case with coin-edged band, the hinged back centred by inlaid polychrome enamel coat of arms of King Fouad I of Egypt, case numbered, cuvette, dial and movement signed and numbered
47 mm. diam.

Lot Essay

King Fouad I, father of King Farouk, was the first leader of modern independent Egypt. During his reign (1917-1936) as the ninth sovereign of the line of Mohamed Ali, Egypt changed from its brief status as a sultanate under a British protectorate (and its earlier status, prior to World War I, as a khedivial state nominally subservient to the Ottoman Sultan-Caliph in Istanbul) to become a full-fledged and independent kingdom.

The present watch was made by special order for King Fouad I, one of Breguet's faithful and regular clients.

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