French gilt brass pendant form watch with urn shape Circa 1820

Gilt jewelled verge watch
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A pendant form watch with an urn shape made by Breguet in Paris, France, circa 1820. The case of this watch is crafted from gilt brass, is jewelled on the face and marked LETON on the inside. The white enamel dial has Roman hour numerals, an outer dot minute track with Arabic quarter hours and very fine gold hands. The movement has a verge escapement.
The dial is signed.
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Length: 95 mm
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Signed: Breguet à Paris
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Breguet is a Swiss luxury watch, clock and jewellery manufacturer founded by Abraham-Louis Breguet in Paris in 1775. Since 1999, it has been a subsidiary of the Swiss Swatch Group.

Headquartered in L’Abbaye, Switzerland, Breguet is one of the oldest surviving watchmaking brands and a pioneer of numerous watchmaking technologies such as the tourbillon, invented by Abraham-Louis in 1801. He also invented and produced the world’s first self winding watch (the Perpétuelle) in 1780, as well as the world’s first wristwatch in 1810 (the Breguet No. 2639 for Caroline Bonaparte, Queen of Naples).

Breguet is a highly regarded watch manufacturer. Over the years, notable Breguet patrons and timepiece owners include Emperor of the French Napoléon Bonaparte, King George III, Queen Victoria, Alexander I of Russia, Ettore Bugatti, Sir Winston Churchill, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Gioachino Rossini, Arthur Rubinstein and so on.

The Breguet & Fils, Paris No. 2667 (1814) pocket watch is among the most expensive watches sold at auction, fetching CHF 4.339.000 in Geneva in May 2012. The Breguet Sympathique Clock No. 128 & 5009 (Duc d’Orléans Breguet Sympathique), is currently the most expensive Breguet timepiece ever sold at auction, fetching US$ 6,8 million in New York in December 2012.