157,500 CHF
Breguet, Horloger de la Marine Royale, No. 4270, entered in the register on October 31, 1823, finished on July 9, 1825 and sold on the same day to Monsieur Suzanne de Bréauté, père, for 3,500 Francs.Exceptionally fine and highly important large 18K gold Grande Sonnerie clockwatch with quarter-repeating and special escapement, built on the principles of the Garde Temps, with a gold Breguet key on a short gold chain, in a Desoutter fitted Morocco box. Accompanied by Breguet certificate. Silver, radial Roman numerals on bright finished ring with outer minute dot track, engine-turned and whitened center. Blued steel Breguet hands. Notes Provenance: Time Museum, inv. No. A365In 1923, the present watch was chosen by the House of Breguet to represent their achievements in the very prestigious exhibition "Centenaire de A.L. Breguet", held in Paris' Musée Galliera. It was described and illustrated in the catalogue under the No. 83.The watch is exceptionally well made, with a special Robin chronometer escapement improved by Breguet, in which the lever, resembling a pallet fork, has two pallets but just for locking. The locking and unlocking are done the same way as in the lever escapement, while the impulse is given as in a chronometer - uni-directional, directly to the impulse roller mounted on the balance staff. The impulse jewel on the balance staff is shaped, concave on the outside. The unlocking jewel is in fact a jewled roller mounted loosely on a post, to decrease the f
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2002-11-16
