Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 31, 1998

LOT 320

Breguet No. 1833, Pendule de voyage, sonnerie, repetition, reveil, sold to M. Schulz on November 17, 1881, for 400 Francs. Fine gilt bronze eight day going, hour and half-hour striking, hour repeating carriage clock with alarm.

C. Gilt bronze, glazed four sides and top, "Anglaise Riche " with Corinthian columns, copper coloured capitals and frieze above the base D. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring, subsidiary alarm setting dial. Blued-steel "fleurs-delys " hands. Frosted silver dial-plate. M. Brass, eight-day with going barrels both on the going and the striking train, gilt brass platform escapement with English lateral lever escapement with pointed tooth escape wheel, bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring, striking, repeating and alarm on gong with button on the top. Signed on the back plate. Dim. 14,6 x 10 x 9 cm., excluding the handle.