A Monsieur Louis Dollfus Watch No. 2170, sold on 30 April 1929, for the sum of 6500 Francs. Gold keyless watch with split- seconds chronograph, tachometer scale and instantaneous register. Original leather fitted case. | THE ART OF BREGUET | Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, 14th April 1991

THE ART OF BREGUET

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 14, 1991

LOT 116

A Monsieur Louis Dollfus Watch No. 2170, sold on 30 April 1929, for the sum of 6500 Francs. Gold keyless watch with split- seconds chronograph, tachometer scale and instantaneous register. Original leather fitted case.

CHF 15,000 - 20,000

Sold: CHF 74,750

Case: 18 ct., three body polished,No.2170, bassine form. Gold cuvette signed: "Breguet, No. 2170".
Dial: Best quality white enamel, small central hour ring with Breguet numerals and subsidiary rings for subsidiary seconds and the instantaneous 60-minute recorder, the speeds calibrated on a red spiral, with concentric splitseconds chronograph. Blued-steel poires hands.
Movement: Nickelled, 19"', ébauche by Mathey Tissot, 24 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Guillaume compensation balance. Blued-steel Breguet balance spring. Visible chronograph work on the back plate operated by push-pieces on the band and the winding crown.
In perfect condition. Diam. 52 mm.

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Note: With the chapter-ring being reduced in size, and the chronograph scale enlarged and calibrated in red this watch was obviously designed for an activity such as motor-racing or flying, where the tachometer functions need to accurately read at a glance.