2.Breguet Duc d’Orleans Sympathique-$6.8 million
This is a stunning French clock that dates from 1835 and that was sold at Sotheby‘s auction for the impressive sum of $6.8 million.
The clock is made of gold and red tortoise shell and it strikes every quarter.
It is said that the Duc d’Orleans Sympathique represents a complete mechanical solution due to the integrated cradle in the clock’s pediment that regulates the watch.
Only 12 Sympatiques are known to exist in the whole world and they were all owned by Spanish, English, French and Russian royalty.
Unfortunately, the one sold at auction is the only one known to wind.
