Watchmaking heritage travels without getting lost

Le patrimoine horloger voyage sans se perdre

Published Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 6:43 p.m.

Modified on Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 6:43 p.m.

They belonged to Alexandre Berthier, Sovereign Prince of Neuchâtel and Valangin. To Henri-Ernest Bouvier, politician and director of the Almanach Le Veritable Messager lame de Neuchâtel. Or the head of a Chilean mining company. What are we talking about? Three pocket watches made in the 19th century by Neuchâtel watchmakers Paul Ditisheim, Abraham-Louis Breguet and Henri Grandjean. This Sunday, they will be auctioned in Hong Kong by Antiquorum, for estimated values ​​between 10,000 and 25,000 francs.