$239,000
Breguet No. 150, sold to Mr. Paschkoff on 31 August 1843, for 3000 Francs.Very fine and rare, silver "hump-back", eight day going, Grande et Petite Sonnerie carillon carriage clock with alarm, double calendar and special escapement. Accompanied by Breguet certificate No. 3492. one piece, polished with hinged bezel and back door with winding hole shutter. Four bun-feet, silver chain handle. frosted silver with Roman numerals, concentric outer minute and inner alarm setting rings. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. Gilt brass dial plate engraved with foliage, apertures for date and day of the week. rectangular with arched top, 11 x 8.4cm, full plate with double-toothed barrel both for the going and the striking trains, ruby duplex escapement, cut bimetallic two-arm cmpensation balance with gold poising nuts and timing screws, set on the back plate, blued steel Breguet balance-spring with unusual regulator with adjustment feature. quarter-repeating, Grande/Petite Sonnerie striking the hours on two gongs and the quarters on a third gong, alarm striking on a bell below the movement, Grande and Petite Sonnerie/Silent selection levers above the dial, repeating button on the top.Dial signed.Dim. Height 14,5cm, width 10cm. Notes Breguet, the inventor of the carriage clock, did not make very many. Only about 200 carriage clocks are mentioned in the registers. Aside from three in the second (Gide) register, the first carriage clock he made was for Napoleon Bonaparte (see the "Art o Read more…
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-09-20
