108,000 CHF
Breguet & Fils, Horlogers de la Marine Royale, No. 3787, sold to Mr. le Comte de Schouvaloff on 27 December 1823, for 2520 Francs. Very fine silver Garde Temps with double barrels. Three body, polished by Joly No. 377. Gilt brass detachable cuvette. Frosted silver, the small eccentric hour ring with Roman numerals, outer minute ring intersecting with subsidiary seconds circle. Blued steel "spade and lance " hands. 26-, gilt brass, bar calibre with individually wound twin barrels, spring detent escapement with gold escape wheel, two-arm bimetallic compensation balance with poising and timing screws, pare-chute suspension on the top pivot, blued steel helical balance spring with terminal curves. Signed on the cuvette. Accompanied by Breguet certificate No. 2732. Diam. 66 mm. Notes Provenance: The property of an important American family since the 1920 ' s. Formerly in the Dollfus collection. Literature: Illustrate and described by George Daniels in The Art of Breguet, p. 260, fig. 302 a-b. Note: In the explanatory pamphlet published shortly before his death in 1823, Breguet explains that this type of precision Garde- Temps was introduced to replace the old style pendules cosnptents, which required to be stopped before they could be moved. Designed to be used on board a ship or for scientific observation, these watches are constructed on the same principle as the large 60 hour marine chronometers, with double barrels detent escapement and pave-chime suspension on both p Read more…
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1997-10-18
