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Geneva, Apr 20, 1996

LOT 351

Breguet Neveu & Compagnie, No. 525, Compteur de pointage nouveau modele, sold to the College Royal de Lyon on 4 November 1845 for 280 Francs. Fine gilt brass inking chronograph, of new design, with 60 minute recorder.

CHF 6,000 - 8,000

Sold: CHF 5,980

C. Three part, cylindrical with screwed bezel. D. White enamel graduated to 60 for the inking chronograph and with off-set subsidiary small dial for the minute register. Blued steel hands. M. 23"', brass full plate with turned pillars, going barrel, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring with regulator. The inking hand operated by a button in the band next to the stop /start bolt. Signed on the dial and beneath the bezel. In very good condition. Diam. 79 mm.


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This counter is a good example of the final development of the inking chronograph as invented by Rieussec in 1821, and perfected by Fatton for Breguet in 1823.