On Monday, November 10th, 2014, at Christie’s auction in Geneva, Marc A. Hayek, President and CEO of Breguet, acquired two historic gold pocket watches, including a rare quarter repeating watch equipped with the first free escapement with natural lift ever made by Breguet (N° 1135).

Among the significant selection of watches for auction, Breguet N° 1576 and N° 1135 sold for the total price of 519'000 Swiss francs.