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Geneva, May 15, 2005
LOT 190
Breguet Neuveux & Compagnie, No. 611, Compteur de pointage nouveau modèle. Made in 1847, sold to the Minister of Agriculture and Commerce on September 6, 1849, for 400 francs. Fine and rare gilt brass inking chronograph with 60-minute and 12-hour recorder.
CHF 8,000 - 12,000
EUR 5,000 - 8,000 / USD 7,000 - 10,000
Sold: CHF 20,700
C. Three part, cylindrical with screwed bezel. D. White enamel, with double concentric graduation to 60 for theinking chronograph, one graduation for the seconds and the other for the inking chronograph, Arabic 10 secondmarkers, further inner seconds track and with off-set subsidiary dials for the minute and hour registers. Bluedsteel hands. M. 52 mm (23???), brass full plate with turned pillars, going barrel, cylinder escapement, three-armbrass flat-rim balance, flat balance spring with regulator. The inking hand operated by a button in the band nextto the stop/start bolt.Signed on the dial and the back of the case.Diam. 79 mm.
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Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 4 - 8 - 14 |
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Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3 - 01 |