# @sothebyswatches on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CBkw1_iHv7S
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/12829901-sothebyswatches-instagram
- **Posted:** 2020-06-18T11:16:28.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Sotheby's Watches (@sothebyswatches) — https://gondola.cc/sothebyswatches

## Caption

Fit for a King: Next month, time will stop in London when Sotheby’s unveils one of the most important watches created by Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747-1823), the watchmaking genius who made accurate time portable thanks to his revolutionary invention: The Tourbillon.
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Discreetly sold to King George III in 1808, in the midst of the Napoleonic Wars, this gold four-minute tourbillon watch will be offered as part of a single-owner auction in London on 14 July, with an estimate of £700,000 – 1 million.
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Engraved with King George III’s royal cypher and the letters G & R, the watch is most probably the first tourbillon Breguet sold commercially and is groundbreaking from many points of view.
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Click the link in bio for more info
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#SothebysWatches #Breguet #kinggeorgeIII #tourbillon

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tourbillon, kinggeorgeiii, breguet, sothebyswatches

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