25,960 CHF
A Monsieur Texier, Lieutenant de Vaisseau Breguet et Fils, Horlogers de la Marine Royale, No. 4084, 3rd series,“Garde-Temps d'argent”, sold to Monsieur Texier, Lieutenant de Vaisseau on March 15th, 1824, for 1,500 Francs. Very fine and rare, silver pocket chronometer with spring detent escapement. Accompanied by a Breguet certificate. Three-body, silver, “forme quatre baguettes”, polished. Gilt brass detachable cuvette. Frosted silver with Roman numerals, outer dot minute divisions, subsidiary seconds at XII. Blued steel “poire” hands. Notes According to the repair books, this chronometer was returned for overhaul on 20 December 1824 at the request of Monsieur Texier. The punch mark for Joly has been removed from the interior of the back of the case, almost certainly at the same time as the owner's name or coatofarms were removed from the exterior, probably at the request of the family. The No. 4084 has been restamped. The present watch was previously sold by Antiquorum, Geneva, “The Art of Breguet”, April 14, 1991, lot 78. An almost identical watch is illustrated in “The Art of Breguet”, George Daniels, 1974, p. 270.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-11-11
