23,000 CHF
Breguet, Horloger de la Marine Royale, No. 3054/590 sold to Le Comte d'Archinto on April 21, 1820 for 4800 Francs. Very fine and very rare 18K gold half quarter-repeating watch with jump-hour hand, built on the principles of the Garde-Temps, accompanied by gold chain bar fitted with a gold key. four-body, "forme quatre baguettes", engine-turned, gold hinged cuvette. white enamel, by Droz, Roman numerals, subsidiary sunk seconds. Gold Breguet hands. Notes It is exceptionally well-finished, hence the very high price that Count d'Archinto paid for it. The escapement is superbly finished with gold temperature adjustment screws and platinum poising/timing ones, the 20-tooth escape wheel has an oil-retention hole on each tooth - a miniscule V-shaped hole terminating at the locking face of the tooth, assuring a continuous supply of oil to the pallets. The repeating mechanism is based on a specially designed system which Breguet adopted from Stogden's. The massive case is finished with very fine, dense engine-turning and fitted with a gold cuvette..
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-10-11
