Live Auction 1401Important Watches including Property from an Important European Collection
Paul Buhré. A 14K pink gold hunter case keyless lever imperial presentation watch, made for the Russian Market, with box
Lot 12

Paul Buhré. A 14K pink gold hunter case keyless lever imperial presentation watch, made for the Russian Market, with box

SIGNED PAUL BUHRÉ, SUPPLIER TO THE RUSSIAN IMPERIAL COURT, NO. 20'506, CIRCA 1900

Closed12 May 2014

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Paul Buhré. A 14K pink gold hunter case keyless lever imperial presentation watch, made for the Russian Market, with box
Signed Paul Buhré, Supplier to the Russian Imperial Court, no. 20'506, circa 1900
Cal. 19''' nickel-finished jewelled lever movement, bimetallic compensation balance, regulator with Cyrillic indication, gold cuvette, white enamel dial, Roman numerals, gilt spade hands, subsidiary seconds, engine-turned circular case, applied yellow and white gold double-headed imperial eagle to the back, blank cartouche with engraved intials to the front, case numbered, cuvette signed with Buhré's Cyrillic signature and numbered
52.5 mm. diam.

Specialist note

With Paul Buhré fitted presentation box.

Paul-Léopold Buhré, a Swiss watchmaker from Le Locle who had emigrated to Russia, opened in 1815 a small workshop in St. Petersburg. The business was later taken over by his son Paul.

Thanks to Buhré's good relations with various Russian ministries and especially the Imperial Court, he obtained the title of Official Supplier to His Majesty. As a result he founded his own watch factory in Le Locle, producing expensive watches very popular amongst Russian nobles and officers. The Russian Government bought Buhré timepieces as rewards for officers, soldiers and employees of the public services.