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The name "montre de carrosse" (carriage clock) applies to a pendulette especially designed for use while traveling. Abraham-Louis Bréguet started a model in 1812, to be proposed to his royal customers. Bréguet carriage clocks were manufactured until 1828. The queen of Naples, Caroline Bonaparte Murat, was a diligent and demanding customer of Bréguet. Christie's auctions in Geneva on May 11 a cop…