BREGUET NO. 3814 “REPETITION DE MINUTE”. AN EXCEPTIONAL AND IMPORTANT MINUTE REPEATING 18K GOLD AND ENAMEL OPENFACE WATCH WITH RUBY CYLINDER ESCAPEMENT, THE ENAMEL SCENE PAINTED BY THOMAS SEGUIN (1741– AFTER 1806), MADE FOR THE OTTOMAN MARKET

BREGUET NO. 3814 “REPETITION DE MINUTE”. AN EXCEPTIONAL AND IMPORTANT MINUTE REPEATING 18K GOLD AND ENAMEL OPENFACE WATCH WITH RUBY CYLINDER ESCAPEMENT, THE ENAMEL SCENE PAINTED BY THOMAS SEGUIN (1741– AFTER 1806), MADE FOR THE OTTOMAN MARKET

SIGNED BREGUET, NO. 3814, SOLD ON 15 FEBRUARY 1807 TO LEROY A CONSTANTINOPLE FOR THE SUM OF 2,754 FRANCS
Movement: Nouveau caliber, manual, gilt, jewelled ruby cylinder escapement, pare-chute suspension and temperature compensation curb, repeating with three hammers on two polished steel gongs activated by depressing the pull-and-twist piston in the pendant
Dial: white enamel, Turkish numerals, secret signature in Turkish script, secured by a screw below 12 o'clock, signed in Turkish script
Case: Three-body, the back cover decorated with a very finely painted on enamel view of a lake with opalescent sky painted by Thomas Seguin, the border and bezel decorated with translucent red enamel and gold foliage, 54 mm. diam., detachable gold cuvette
With: Breguet Certificate No. 2982 dated 2 June 1962

Provenance
A very similarly decorated enamel watch is illustrated in: The Art of Breguet, George Daniels, 1975, p. 235.