Sold for:
57,500 CHF
57,500 CHF
Breguet, No. 2374, made in 1935, sold to The French Aéoronavale on December 31, 1935 for 2091 Francs. Extremely rare silver anti-magnetic deck chronometer that took part in the Besançon Observatory Timing Contest, in original two-tier mahogany box and original mahogany carrying case. Accompanied by a Certificate of Origin. Six-body, "Bassine", polished, three-piece inner cast iron cage encasingthe movement also from the dial side. Off-white, Arabic numerals, outerminute divisions, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel "spade" hands.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-11-14
