THE ART OF BREGUET
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 14, 1991
LOT 78
A Monsieur Texier, Lieutenant de Vaisseau Chronometer No. 4084, sold on 15 March 1824, for the sum of 1500 Francs. Silver cased "garde-temps" watch.
CHF 50,000 - 60,000
Sold: CHF 52,900
Case: Three body, polished, demi-bassine et filets form, by Joly, No.399. Gilt metal cuvette signed: "
Breguet et Fils, Horlogers de la Marine Royale,
No. 4084".
Dial: Mat silver, signed: "Breguet et Fils", with
Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds below "XII".
Blued-steel poires hands.
Movement:Gilt brass, 21"', full plate caliber,
relieved for the barrel and signed: "Breguet et
Fils, Horlogers de la Marine Royale, No. 4084",
Fusee with chain and maintaining power, spring
detent escapement, two-arm bimetallic
compensation balance with trapezoidal weights
and regulating screws of Earnshaw type,
diamond end stone. Free sprung with blued-steel
helical balance spring, with terminal curves.
In very good condition.
Diam. 59 mm.
Notes
Note: 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 owners name or coat-of-arms were removed from the exterior, probably at the request of the family. The No. 4084 has been restamped. With the exception of the dial, which is matted rather than engine-turned, this chronometer is virtually identical to the example sold to Capitaine Baudin (see lot 59 and notes thereon).