457,250 CHF
A Son Altesse le Prince Demidoff Breguet et Fils, No. 4661, sold on November 3, 1830 to Monsieur le Ch(evalie)r A. Demidoff for 3,500 francs. Exceptional and highly important small gilt bronze astronomical eight-day carriage clock built on the principles of the Garde Temps, with jeweled lever escapement, half-quarter-repeating, alarm, phases and age of the moon, and digital calendar, in original leather fitted box. Accompanied by a certificate. Multi-piece, "Empire", by Vande, glazed on four sides and the top, four Doric type columns, one on eachcorner, hinged front and back doors for access to the dial and the movement, engine-turned top with glazed oval center, pivoted handle, repeat button at the left side of the top panel, pull-alarm knob symmetrically to the right, four engine-turned gilt bun feet. Gilt brass engine-turned plate with aperture at the top for the silver hour and minute chapters with champlevé radial Roman numerals, by Joly, outer minute dot divisions, inner alarm dotdivisions, engine-turned center with aperture for the phases of the moon with its age sector along the edge, sunk subsidiary seconds at XII. Blued steel Breguet hands. To the right, alarm-setting aperture in rose gold cartouche, in the lower portion, the winding aperture flanked by apertures for the days of the week and the date, over asilver plaque engraved Breguet. Rectangular, 86.3 x 52.2 mm, brass, going barrel, five-wheel train, platform with straight line calibrated lever escapement
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-11-14
