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Geneva, Nov 11, 2007

LOT 125

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.

CHF 20,000 - 25,000

EUR 12,000 - 15,000 / USD 17,000 - 20,000

Sold: CHF 25,960

C. Three-body, silver, ?forme quatre baguettes?, polished. Gilt brass detachable cuvette. D. Frosted silver with Roman numerals, outer dot minute divisions, subsidiary seconds at XII. Blued steel ?poire? hands. M. 24''', frosted and gilt, full plate, the back plate relieved for the barrel secured by a bridge, cylindrical pillars, English jeweling, fusee with chain, Earnshaw spring footed-detent escapement, Earnshaw two-arm bimetallic compensation balance with sliding gold wedge-shaped temperature weights and meantime adjustment screws, free sprung blued steel helical balance spring with terminal curves and ruby endstone. Dial, cuvette and movement signed. Diam. 59 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3-32

Good

Slightly restored
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-6-01

Good

Slightly oxidized

HANDS Original

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.