8,050 CHF
Giteau, Eleve de M(onsieur) Breguet, Palais Royal No 140, No. 557, circa 1820.Fine 18K gold double train, independent dead center-seconds quarter-repeating watch Silver, Roman hour chapter on brushed ring, outer minute divisions, engine turned and whitened center. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. 49,5 mm, gilt brass bridge caliber, 6 jewels, standing barrels with Breguet-type continuous stop works, cylinder escapement, three-arm gold balance with flat balance-spring, escapement jeweled and capped, dead seconds mechanism controlled by a flirt mounted on the last pinion of the independent train meshing with additional pinion mounted on the escape wheel abor, repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant.Signed on the cuvette.Diam. 56 mm. Notes Breguet's Pupils and Successors.Abraham-Louis Breguet will always be remembered as an inventor and an entrepreneur but he was also a devoted teacher. He enjoyed training his apprentices and employees, among which many became renowned watchmakers in their own right. Through their work transpired the master's teachings and influence, perpetuating the Breguet style. Giteau was one of them. He was in very impressive company of John Roger Arnold (1769-1843), only son of John Arnold, the celebrated English chronometer maker, Frederik Louis Fatton, Frédéric-Louis Favre-Bulle, Jacques-Frédéric Houriet (1743-1830), Urban Jürgensen (1776-1830) who, after training at Houriet's, came to Breguet, and Berthoud, Louis-Frédéric Perrelet (1781-1854)
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-10-13
