18,000 CHF
Pendule Portative Swiss, signed Breguet. Made in Neuchatel, circa 1820. Fine, gilt brass, Grande and Petite Sonnerie striking and repeating Pendule d'Officier 8-day traveling clock with alarm. Gilt bronze, with paw feet, engine-turned bezel, the pediment with applied foliage decoration, the front and top with cast and chased flowers and foliage, side panels applied with foliate mounts, folding leaf handle at the top. White enamel with Breguet numerals, outer minute track and Arabic fifteen-minute numerals. Blued steel hands. Circular gilt brass with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, index regulator, quarter striking and repeating on two bells with the striking train fitted on the back plate, cord release for repeating at will; alarm with separate train and sounding on a bell above the movement, Grande/Petite sonnerie/Silence lever in the base. Dim. 21.5 x 13.8 x 10.2 cm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-05-10
