Fine and Rare Breguet style Thomas Engel 18K gold Concours Observatorie
Chronometre pocket watch with thermometer, calendar and 30-hour power
reserve with original wooden box circa 1980.
Silver engine turned Breguet style regulator dial with thermometer at 6:00,
days of the week, and power reserve aperture. Gold Breguet hands. Screw
back engine turned case #6 with glazed cuvette and ball pendant winding
crown. Calibre 5011K rhodium 19 jewel straight-line lever movement #6 with monometalic
balance, self-compensating hairspring with outer terminal curve and precision regulator.
The balance and escape wheel pivots fitted with shock absorbers. Original wooden box
with spare parts. A wonderful watch in like new condition.
Professor Thomas Engel earned worldwide fame for production of plastic polymers and
has received numerous awards and prizes for his work including the Diesel Prize which
was also awarded to the rocket scientist Wernher von Braun. In addition to his
professional interests, Engel is also a horological expert and the author of the book 'A.L.
Breguet, Watchmaker to Kings'. He is also a collector and the maker of watches in the
style of Breguet, known as 'Engel Breguets' to collectors. This is a superb example of
such a watch.