Sold for:
5,980 CHF
5,980 CHF
Breguet Neveu & Compagnie, No. 525, Compteur de pointage nouveau modele, sold to the College Royal de Lyon on 4 November 1845 for 280 Francs. Fine gilt brass inking chronograph, of new design, with 60 minute recorder. Three part, cylindrical with screwed bezel. White enamel graduated to 60 for the inking chronograph and with off-set subsidiary small dial for the minute register. Blued steel hands. Notes This counter is a good example of the final development of the inking chronograph as invented by Rieussec in 1821, and perfected by Fatton for Breguet in 1823.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1996-04-20
