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The item was sold for 55 900 €
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BREGUET
B 1326
Circa 1956
Yellow gold wristwatch with full calendar and moon phases
Case: round, snap-lock caseback with correctors on the middle, stylized handles, inside a Swiss guarantee hallmark, maker's key "143", numbered inside "B 1326".
Dial: patinated and silvered with dot indexes and applied Arabic numerals, two apertures for the months and days of the week, date indication by pointer, railway track, moon phases, signed
Movement: mechanical with manual winding, numbered "1326".
Buckle: gilt metal pin buckle, unsigned
Diameter: 35 mm
Gross weight 41,4 g
We would like to thank Emmanuel Breguet and the Breguet SA archives for their information confirming the specifics of this watch: "1326: 11.5-line wristwatch, 7 and 12 by two windows, 31-circular calendar, gold case, satin-finished silver dial. Sold on October 25, 1956 to Colonel Curie for 80,000 francs.
Notes:
This collector's watch was discovered by Me Astrid Guillon, auctioneer in Besançon, during a recent appraisal. It comes from the family of the original owner and is one of the rare versions of the complete calendar with moon phases. It is distinguished by its "horn"-shaped handles. To date, only one other similar example is known, dated December 16, 1952 under number 1039, sold at auction by Christie's, lot 121 of the May 16, 2016 sale in Geneva.
What's interesting about this watch is its provenance. It belongs to Colonel Curie, a native of the Doubs region, in Étupes, not far from the city of Besançon. Lieutenant-Colonel Frédéric Curie of the Paris Fire Brigade, creator of the Groupement Hélicoptère de la Sécurité Civile (GHSC), was also a member of the French Resistance. His motto was "Good or nothing".
Born in Étupes (Doubs) on February 20, 1906 into a farming family, he was initially destined for a career as a teacher. He entered the École Normale de Mirecourt (88), taught briefly in the Vosges, then did his military service with the 10th BCP. Appointed officer, he spent a few months in Euskirchen, Germany, with the 30th BCP during the occupation of the Rhineland territories. Returning to France in October 1929, he joined the 23rd BCA, and the following July entered the École militaire de l'Infanterie et des Chars de Combats de Saint-Maixent as a sergeant after resigning his rank of lieutenant.
Appointed to the 46th Infantry Regiment, Frédéric Curie requested his transfer to the Paris Fire Brigade Regiment in February 1934, where he was awarded two medals for acts of courage and devotion. In June 1940, while serving as captain and deputy commander of the 4th company at the Vieux-Colombier barracks near Saint-Sulpice church, he was arrested by the Gestapo in August. Tried in October 1940, he was sentenced "in the name of the German people" to sixteen months' imprisonment for issuing false identity papers to French nationals who had escaped from German prison columns.
Released in December 1941, Frédéric Curie founded "Sécurité-Parisienne" in January 1942, a resistance group linked to the Sapeurs-pompiers. On August 20, 1944, this group took command of the Paris firefighters' regiment on the orders of Prefect Charles Luizet, and Curie became deputy corps commander.
The Sécurité Parisienne group played a crucial role in the liberation of Paris. Firefighters liaised with the Préfecture de Police, passed on intelligence, intercepted German messages and supplied the prefecture with weapons, ammunition and explosives. They were directly involved in the battle, supplying FFI leaders and clearing rooftops from August 25 onwards. They also established contacts with the Allies, including the staffs of Eisenhower, General de Gaulle and Leclerc, and unfurled the first tricolor flag under the Arc de Triomphe.
On July 13, 1946, Frédéric Curie was awarded the Légion d'honneur. He had already been awarded the Médaille de la Résistance on June 16, 1945, and became an Officier de la Résistance, a rare distinction awarded to only a handful of people in France.
At the Liberation, he became director of the Centre d'Instruction de la Protection contre l'Incendie (Fire Protection Training Center), the first stage in the creation of a national fire department school dedicated to training commanders of municipal units.
In 1949, Colonel Curie discovers the helicopter. He recognized its usefulness for delicate missions, firefighting and rescues. Assigned to the Ministry of the Interior, he actively promoted its use.
Frédéric Curie is a regular helicopter pilot.
BREGUET
B 1326
Circa 1956
Yellow gold wristwatch with full calendar and moon phases
Case: round, snap-lock caseback with correctors on the middle, stylized handles, inside a Swiss guarantee hallmark, maker's key "143", numbered inside "B 1326".
Dial: patinated and silvered with dot indexes and applied Arabic numerals, two apertures for the months and days of the week, date indication by pointer, railway track, moon phases, signed
Movement: mechanical with manual winding, numbered "1326".
Buckle: gilt metal pin buckle, unsigned
Diameter: 35 mm
Gross weight 41,4 g
We would like to thank Emmanuel Breguet and the Breguet SA archives for their information confirming the specifics of this watch: "1326: 11.5-line wristwatch, 7 and 12 by two windows, 31-circular calendar, gold case, satin-finished silver dial. Sold on October 25, 1956 to Colonel Curie for 80,000 francs.
Notes:
This collector's watch was discovered by Me Astrid Guillon, auctioneer in Besançon, during a recent appraisal. It comes from the family of the original owner and is one of the rare versions of the complete calendar with moon phases. It is distinguished by its "horn"-shaped handles. To date, only one other similar example is known, dated December 16, 1952 under number 1039, sold at auction by Christie's, lot 121 of the May 16, 2016 sale in Geneva.
What's interesting about this watch is its provenance. It belongs to Colonel Curie, a native of the Doubs region, in Étupes, not far from the city of Besançon. Lieutenant-Colonel Frédéric Curie of the Paris Fire Brigade, creator of the Groupement Hélicoptère de la Sécurité Civile (GHSC), was also a member of the French Resistance. His motto was "Good or nothing".
Born in Étupes (Doubs) on February 20, 1906 into a farming family, he was initially destined for a career as a teacher. He entered the École Normale de Mirecourt (88), taught briefly in the Vosges, then did his military service with the 10th BCP. Appointed officer, he spent a few months in Euskirchen, Germany, with the 30th BCP during the occupation of the Rhineland territories. Returning to France in October 1929, he joined the 23rd BCA, and the following July entered the École militaire de l'Infanterie et des Chars de Combats de Saint-Maixent as a sergeant after resigning his rank of lieutenant.
Appointed to the 46th Infantry Regiment, Frédéric Curie requested his transfer to the Paris Fire Brigade Regiment in February 1934, where he was awarded two medals for acts of courage and devotion. In June 1940, while serving as captain and deputy commander of the 4th company at the Vieux-Colombier barracks near Saint-Sulpice church, he was arrested by the Gestapo in August. Tried in October 1940, he was sentenced "in the name of the German people" to sixteen months' imprisonment for issuing false identity papers to French nationals who had escaped from German prison columns.
Released in December 1941, Frédéric Curie founded "Sécurité-Parisienne" in January 1942, a resistance group linked to the Sapeurs-pompiers. On August 20, 1944, this group took command of the Paris firefighters' regiment on the orders of Prefect Charles Luizet, and Curie became deputy corps commander.
The Sécurité Parisienne group played a crucial role in the liberation of Paris. Firefighters liaised with the Préfecture de Police, passed on intelligence, intercepted German messages and supplied the prefecture with weapons, ammunition and explosives. They were directly involved in the battle, supplying FFI leaders and clearing rooftops from August 25 onwards. They also established contacts with the Allies, including the staffs of Eisenhower, General de Gaulle and Leclerc, and unfurled the first tricolor flag under the Arc de Triomphe.
On July 13, 1946, Frédéric Curie was awarded the Légion d'honneur. He had already been awarded the Médaille de la Résistance on June 16, 1945, and became an Officier de la Résistance, a rare distinction awarded to only a handful of people in France.
At the Liberation, he became director of the Centre d'Instruction de la Protection contre l'Incendie (Fire Protection Training Center), the first stage in the creation of a national fire department school dedicated to training commanders of municipal units.
In 1949, Colonel Curie discovers the helicopter. He recognized its usefulness for delicate missions, firefighting and rescues. Assigned to the Ministry of the Interior, he actively promoted its use.
Frédéric Curie is a regular helicopter pilot.