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Hong Kong, Hotel Furama Kempinski, Jun 14, 1995

LOT 308

Breguet No. 218, sold to John Magnin & Cie in New York on 7 January 1837, for 1395 Francs. Very fine and elegant 18 ct. gold, inking chronograph Compteur de pointage.

HKD 225,000 - 260,000

USD 30,000 - 35,000

C. Double body "forme quatre baguettes" engineturned, by Tavernier (master mark), No. 145. D. White enamel, regulator type with centre seconds, small subsidiary chapter ring for hours and minutes. Blued steel Breguet and inking bands. M. 19-, gilt brass, inverted bar calibre with going barrel, female winding square, ruby cylinder escapement of conventional type, plain gilt brass three-arm balance and blued steel flat balance spring. Inking chronograph with pulltwist piston through the pendant and boit in the bad. Breguet secret signature on the dial, numbered inside the back. In very good condition, with later gold Breguet male ratchet key, in contemporary rose-wood fitted box . Diam. 49 m m .


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Extremely fine example of the slimmest and most elegant version of the inking chronograph, as invented by Rieussec in 1821 and perfected by Fatton for Breguet in 1823. According to the original Breguet records in possession of Montres Breguet (Paris), this watch was sold together with an identical one, No. 5040, described in the books as follow: Compteur plat à heures et minutes excentriques, secondes au centre, 19 lignes, échappement à l'anglaise. The mention: échappement à l'anglaise was used in the books by Breguet to point out the difference between the conventional ruby cylinder escapement as used in the present watch, with the over hanging ruby cylinder escapement as