84,000 CHF
Grande & Petite Sonnerie, Minute-Repeating Clockwatch Breguet, No. 680. Made in 1925 and sold to Mr. Jean Dollfus on February 1, 1926 for 13,500 Francs. Extremely fine and extremely rare, important, large and heavy, grande and petite sonnerie striking, 18K yellow gold, huntingcased, keyless two-train clockwatch with trip minute-repeat and helical balance spring. Accompanied by a certificate. Four-body, “bassine”, solid, polished. Hinged gold cuvette. Gold, brushed chapter ring with radial Roman numerals, outer dot minute divisions, subsidiary seconds, engine-turned center and border. Gold spade hands. 46 mm., 20’’’, frosted gilt, twotrains with tandem winding, 33 jewels, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold temperature adjustment screws and platinum meantime adjustment screws, special alloy helical balance spring, index regulator, striking and repeating on gongs, the repeat activated by a trip-slide on the band, grande sonnerie/petite sonnerie, silence/sonnerie selection levers under the bezel. Dial and movement signed, case numbered. Diam. 60 mm. Notes The present watch is made in the greatest tradition of Breguet, it is of very high quality and in superb condition. Grande Sonnerie Striking: in which both the hours and the quarters are struck at each quarter. Petite Sonnerie Striking: in which "tingtang" quarters are struck at the quarter hours, but in which the hour is only struck at the hour. Jean Dollfuss An
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-05-10
