I mean I'd be surprised if many people have been through a bibliography as extensive as that.

Kudos to you on the work done so far. I wish I knew how to help you progress with the outstanding queries! But I know a couple of people in the UK that I can enquire with.

Regards, Baruch

Help Wanted: Breguet watches owned by Thomas Engel

By: Ratskunk : November 8th, 2020-06:46

It may be 20 years since I lasted posted on WatchProSite but I am working on a project and thought maybe people much more expert than myself can assist a novice like me. Please note: I am not a scholar of any stripe so I am treading in unknown waters and ...

The Breguet Team reads us. So you may have some answers here. But you already did an awesome work. Let's see if we can get some help from the brand. At least on one or two points. [nt]

By: amanico : November 8th, 2020-06:55

Since they read this forum

By: xxn : November 8th, 2020-07:58

Hey breguet how about that manual wind type xx??

;) [nt]

By: amanico : November 8th, 2020-08:04

Thank you and here is partial answer with a wrinkle...

By: Ratskunk : November 8th, 2020-08:29

I have the German edition of the Thomas Engel autobiography so not knowing German I at first missed the below passage concerning the Christie's Part III sale but luckily I have some scanned pages from the English edition and until the last sentence it see...

I mean I'd be surprised if many people have been through a bibliography as extensive as that.

By: gadalex : November 8th, 2020-08:01

Kudos to you on the work done so far. I wish I knew how to help you progress with the outstanding queries! But I know a couple of people in the UK that I can enquire with. Regards, Baruch

Follow-up to my question # 1...

By: Ratskunk : November 11th, 2020-09:20

The original question number 1... 1. Christie's 1964-1965 Sir David Salomons sale: Edgar Mannheimer purchased all 20 lots from Part III of the sale (November 1965). Anecdotes suggest all 20 watches were purchased on the behalf of Thomas Engel (can this be...