95,900 CHF
Breguet et Fils No. 1651, petite pendide d quatre parties, sold to Mr. Doumere on 7 Therrnidor An 12 (26 July 1804), for 1440 Francs. Fine and rare mahogany, eight day going, quarter repeating Grande and Petite Sonnerie carriage clock with alarm and special escapement. White enamel with Breguet numerals. Blued steel Breguet hands. Brass rectangular with double tooth barrel both for the going and the striking trains, platform mounted dead-beat verge escapement with Jewelled pallets and 10 toothed escape wheel, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring with regulator. Quarter repeating and striking on a bell with the mechanisms mounted on the back plate, top button release. Pull wind alarm striking on the same hell, fitted on the base. Signed on the dial and based of the movement. Accompanied by Breguet certificate No. 2574. Dim. 18 x 13 x 10 cm. Notes Provenance: A note on Breguet's headed note paper provides a list of the dates on which the clock was returned for attention: 11 January 1834 in the name of Mr. Doumiere. 2 September 1840 in the name of Mrs. Behic. 14 November 1857 20 May 1861 in the n.unc of Mr. Le Blanc, Attache mix Messageies Maritimes. 21 September 1917 in the name of Ct. llcnriPecqueur, Captain of 1 the Cruiser l.a Alm atillaise iii Toulon. Note: The escapement of this clock is a frictional rest dead beat s age escapement is desail d by George Daniels in The Art of Roelnu't, p 3]4, fig 393. Although it is called an echa/ipemen.t a levees nat Read more…
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1997-10-18
