Geneva, Nov 05, 2023

LOT 269

BREGUET, FRANCE, CARRIAGE CLOCK, EIGHT-DAY GOING CARRIAGE-CLOCK, HOUR AND HALF-HOUR STRIKING, HOUR-REPEATER, ALARM; SILVERED BRONZE AND LAPIS-LAZULI

CHF 5,000 - 10,000

EUR 5,300 - 10,600 / USD 5,600 - 11,100 / HKD 43,300 - 87,000

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Sold: CHF 6,875

A very fine, silvered bronze and lapis-lazuli, manual wind Silvered bronze and lapis-lazuli, key-winding, vertical rectangular-shape, eight-day going, carriage-clock, with three horological complications: Hours and half-hour striking in passing on one gong. Hour-repeater on the same gong (activated by depressing the button on top of the cabinet). Alarm on the same gong via a small hammer (on the reverse of the movement; subsidiary dial at 6 o’clock) Case with chiselled décor and lapis-lazuli panels. Silver guilloché (engine-turned) dial with suspended “Breguet” numerals; blued steel “Breguet” hands.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Brand Breguet, France

Model Carriage clock

Year Sold in May 1924

Movement No. 4379

Length 85

Caliber 85 x 55 mm. (ebauche No. 7 554), two going barrels, plat-form escapement with straight-line lever escapement, compensated balance with poising screws and flat hairspring, polished steel index-regulator.

Height 140

Width 78

Signature Dial and movement

Accessories brass winding-key (No. 394 / 2); original invoice (dated Breguet, Paris, June 7, 1968), certificate of Authenticity (dated Breguet, Paris, December 15, 1982)

Notes

The Certificate of Authenticity (No. 3 774), dated December 15, 1982, mentioned that this clock was originally sold on May 8, 1924, to Mrs. Jésio, for the amount of 2 200 Francs.

A Breguet invoice, dated June 7, 1968, mentioned that this clock was sold on June 7, 1968, to Mr. S. O. Stromberg, Helsinki, Finland, for the amount of 2 500 Francs.

It was this same gentleman, Mr. Svante Stromberg, or his son or nephew, who applied for the certificate in 1982. A letter from Breguet, dated Paris, December 15, accompanies the certificate.