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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 18, 1997

LOT 22

Breguet et Fils No. 1651, petite pendide d quatre parties, sold to Mr. Doumere on 7 Therrnidor An 12 (26 July 1804), for 1440 Francs. Fine and rare mahogany, eight day going, quarter repeating Grande and Petite Sonnerie carriage clock with alarm and special escapement.

CHF 70,000 - 80,000

Sold: CHF 95,900

C. Rectangular mahogany veneered with sliding back door, folding brass handle on the top, gilt brass bezel with "water-leaf' decoration D. White enamel with Breguet numerals. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Brass rectangular with double tooth barrel both for the going and the striking trains, platform mounted dead-beat verge escapement with Jewelled pallets and 10 toothed escape wheel, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring with regulator. Quarter repeating and striking on a bell with the mechanisms mounted on the back plate, top button release. Pull wind alarm striking on the same hell, fitted on the base. Signed on the dial and based of the movement. Accompanied by Breguet certificate No. 2574. Dim. 18 x 13 x 10 cm.


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Grading System
Grade: B

Fair
Case: 1

As new
Movement: 2

Very good
Dial: 125-51

Partially reprinted

Notes

Provenance: A note on Breguet's headed note paper provides a list of the dates on which the clock was returned for attention: 11 January 1834 in the name of Mr. Doumiere. 2 September 1840 in the name of Mrs. Behic. 14 November 1857 20 May 1861 in the n.unc of Mr. Le Blanc, Attache mix Messageies Maritimes. 21 September 1917 in the name of Ct. llcnriPecqueur, Captain of 1 the Cruiser l.a Alm atillaise iii Toulon. Note: The escapement of this clock is a frictional rest dead beat s age escapement is desail d by George Daniels in The Art of Roelnu't, p 3]4, fig 393. Although it is called an echa/ipemen.t a levees natural/es on liieguct 's crtificate, it is in tact quite distinct from, and should not be confused with, Breguet ' s echa/4ementnaturel. Literature: An identical clock, No. 2020, is described by Charles Allis in Carnage Clocks, 1974, p. 40, pl. TI/4 and II/5.