86,000 CHF
Precision Timekeeper with 5 ComplicationsMugnier a Paris, circa 1820. Very fine and rare month-going astronomical center-seconds mantle regulator with triple calendar and phases and age of the moon, striking hours and half hours. Rectangular, mahogany veneered, front panel with applied fluted wooden moldings, veneered base supported by four gilt brass bear paws, glazed window in the lower part with ormolu frame, hinged veneered door in the back. Circular, 13,7 cm, brass, cylindrical pillars, pin-wheel escapement with the escape wheel set outside the back plate, half second-beating pendulum with heavy gilt brass bob and steel rod, knife-edge suspension, micrometric beat adjustment on the crutch, calendar mechanism set on separate V-shaped frame, striking on a large bell with count wheel on the back plate.Signed on the dial.Dim. Height 46 cm, width 27 cm. Notes Mugnier, Jeune (Etienne Mugnier)Often signing Mugnier Jeune. He was one of two pupils of Breguet (the other was Charles Oudin) who most closely followed their master. Breguet's influence on their work was very strong. Mugnier became watchmaker to Emperor Napoleon I, and later to Son Altesse Sérénissime Monsieur, the brother of King Louis XVIII, (future Charles X). He signed his watches "Horloger de S.M. L'Empereur et Roi" and sometimes "LL. MM. II et RR" meaning (Leurs Majestés Impériales et Royales), the title given to Napolon and his wife. From 1810 to 1830 he worked in the Rue Neuve des Petits Champs. From
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-11-11
