18,750 CHF
BREGUET NO. 3327 - QUARTER REPEATING WATCH Breguet et Fils, No. 3327, 'Repètition'. Very fine and rare, quarter-repeating, 18K gold pocket watch with 'English-type' ruby cylinder escapement, and ratchet key. Sold to Monsieur Dupont pour 1'400 francs. Four-body, 'forme collier', polished bezel, engine-turned flat band, the back engine-turned 'grains d'orge'. Hinged gilded cuvette. Silver, engine-turned with radial Roman numerals on a brushed chapter ring, outer dot minute divisions. Blued steel Breguet hands. 47 mm., matte gilt, standing barrel, English-type ruby cylinder escapement, the escape wheel and balance wheel with jeweled pivots, three-arm balance with pare-chute suspension on the upper pivot, blued steel flat balance spring, blued steel index regulator with bimetallic compensation curb, repeating on two gongs with two polished steel hammers activated by a pull-and-twist piston in the pendant. Notes Dial and cuvette, signed, case and cuvette numbered. DIAM. 53 mm. THICKNESS 15 mm. BREGUET AND THE CYLINDER ESCAPEMENT Breguet used the cylinder escapement throughout his life. Like the virgule, it is a frictional rest escapement but of a far superior kind. In reality, the cylinder escapement as made by the English makers was not much better than the verge. This was because the diameter of the cylinder was too great in relation to the diameter of the balance, causing a loss of energy through friction. To reduce the friction, the English makers, who were ver
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2016-05-15
