Sold for:
9,200 CHF
9,200 CHF
Breguet Neveu & Compagnie, No. 557, Compteur de pointage nouveau modele, sold to Mr. Pixu on 21 December 1846, for 280 Francs. Fine gilt-brass inking chronograph, of new design, with 60 minutes recorder . Three part, cylindrical with screwed bezel, the band engraved: LP A 27. White enamel graduated to 60 for the inking chronograph and with off-set subsidiary small dial for the minutes register . Bluedsteel inking hand. Notes This counter is a good example of the final development of the inking chronograph as invented by Rieussec in 1821, and perfected by Raton for Breguet in 1823.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1998-04-18
