20,000 CHF
Breguet - Au Baron Delmare Breguet, Horloger de la Marine Royale, No. 127, sold to Monsieur Barnewall on November 18, 1826 for 1,600 francs, bought back on September 20, 1834 for 1,000 francs and re-sold to Baron Delmare on April 27, 1835, for 1,800 francs. Very fine and rare, two-tone, 20K gold and silver, "répétition d'or moyenne à ponts à 2 marteaux", quarter-repeating pocket watch with ruby cylinder escapement. Four-body, “forme quatre baguettes”, No. 4089, by Tavernier (master mark), engine-turned silver band, polished back. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, eccentric subsidiary seconds at 5 o’clock. Blued steel Breguet hands. 42 mm (19’’’), gilt brass, overhanging ruby cylinder escapement, plain three-arm balance with parachute on the top pivot, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator with bimetallic temperature compensation curb, jeweled escapement, repeating on two gongs with two hammers activated by pull-and-twist piston at 2 o’clock on the band. Dial and cuvette signed. Diam. 48 mm. Notes This watch is recorded in the archives as having a silver dial ("cadran argent Tavernier"), the present white enamel dial would have been fitted in the Breguet workshop probably between the time the watch was bought back from Barnewall and was resold to Baron Delmare. It has not been possible to trace a "Baron Delmare", however in the archives the spelling in of the names of Breguet's clients, particularly t
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2010-11-13
