2,645 CHF
Rieussec, Hger. du Roi, Chaudé & Bruneau, rue Neuve des Petits Champs, No.13. Chronographe, Brevet d'invention No.4, circa 1845. Extremely rare silver cased inking chronograph with five minute progressive recorder. Three body massive "forme quatre baguettes", polished. Gilt brass hinged cuvette. White enamel with Arabic numerals and subsidiary minute register. Blued-steel arrow patent inking hand. Frosted and gilt full-plate, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring. Stop watch and inking push-pieces in the band. The hand of the five minute recorder running anti-clockwise. Signed on the cuvette. In very good condition. Diam. 71 mm. Notes Rieussec, was the first to patent an inking chronograph in 1821, initially with a fixed inking hand and a revolving dial. This chronograph was improved in 1823 by Fatton for Breguet, with a revolving inking hand and a normal dial. The counter now offered for sale is a fine and very rare example of the final development of the inking chronograph, signed by Rieussec himself toward the end of his career, after he took Chaudé & Bruneau as partners and the No.4 suggests that it was made early in their partnership.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1993-11-14
