Updates on the Breguet Marie Antoinette Watch

It was reported last month that the Breguet Marie Antoinette Watch was indeed found. HauteHorlogerie.org has an updated report.

Marie-Antoinette and Breguet, the greatest watchmaking mystery of all time - Collection - Passion - Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie: "It’s such a bolt from the blue that even Nicolas Hayek, Chairman of the Swatch Group and Chairman and CEO of Manufacture Breguet, prefers to reserve his judgement. The famed Marie-Antoinette watch, completed by Breguet in 1827 and stolen from the L.A. Mayer Museum of Islamic Art in 1983, may well have reappeared on November 12th this year, as if by magic, in the hands of a Tel Aviv watchmaker. He claims to have purchased it and the other timepieces stolen 24 years ago from a British collector whose name has never been linked to this or any other theft. All in all an incredible story in keeping with the mysterious destiny of this prestigious timepiece, which experts concur is the world’s most valuable watch."

Misc. Breguet Links:
Official Breguet site
Breguet, The Horology genius
Stolen Marie Antoinette watch tells a story
Breguet’s most famous watch
Abraham-Louis Breguet, Keeper of Time

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