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The Breguet No. 1. Marie- Antoinette or the Queen, is a case watch designed by Swiss watchmaker Abraham- Louis Breguet. It has been called 'a poem in clockwork'.

Work on the watch was begun in 1. Breguet's son in 1. Breguet's death.[1]The watch is a central plot point in the novel The Grand Complication by Allen Kurzweil. Construction[edit]The watch was to contain every watch function known at that time, including the following: Even by the standards of the day it was an astronomically expensive piece. The most valuable materials (including gold, platinum, rubies and sapphires) were used with no limit placed on time or cost.

The watch is encased in gold, with a clear face that shows the complicated movement of the gears inside. Breguet used sapphires in the mechanism to decrease friction.[1]Breguet company records indicate that the factory costs eventually came to the colossal sum of 3. This is more than six times the cost of Breguet's other major work, (No. Duc De Preslin for 4. History[edit]The watch is thought to have been commissioned in 1.

Count Hans Axel von Fersen, an admirer and alleged lover of the French Queen, Marie Antoinette.[1]It took almost twenty years to complete. Marie Antoinette never lived to see the watch, as it was completed 3. Work stopped for around seven years (1. Breguet's exile. The "Marie Antoinette" remained in the possession of the Breguet company until it was sold to Sir Spencer Brunton in 1.

Breguet expert Sir David Lionel Salomons in the 1. On his death in 1.

Salomons bequeathed 5. Breguet pieces (including the "Marie Antoinette") to the L. A. Mayer Institute for Islamic Art in Jerusalem. It was stolen from the museum by renowned master- thief Na'aman Diller (who died in 2. As of 2. 01. 3, the watch was valued at $3. Replica[edit]Watchmakers from Breguet, supported by Swatch chairman Nicolas Hayek, were commissioned to make a copy of the watch in 2.

The watch was finished after three years and presented to the public in a case made from the wood of the favourite tree of Queen Marie- Antoinette.[5]See also[edit]References[edit]External links[edit].