THE ART OF BREGUET
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 14, 1991
LOT 101
A Monsieur le Vicomte de Curzay Le compteur à pointage No.545, sold on 16 May 1847, for the sum of 350 Francs. Gilt metal inking chronograph, of new design, with 60 minute and 12 hour counters.
CHF 20,000 - 25,000
Sold: CHF 23,000
Case: Three part, cylindrical, the back signed: " Breguet Neveu & Compagnie, No. 545". Dial: White enamel, signed: "Breguet". Subsidiary dials for hour and minute counters, the edge graduated to 60 for the inking chronographe. Blued-steel poires hands. Movement: Brass, 23"', full plate with turned pillars, cylinder escapement, three-arm plain brass balance. Blued-steel flat balance spring. The inking hand operated by a button in the band next to the stop/start bolt. In very good condition. Diam. 81 mm.
