57,500 CHF
Au Ministère de la Marine Marine chonometer No. 3199, model P, sold on 26 December 1823. Two day marine chronometer with double barrels, in mahogany box. Notes Note: This chronometer demonstrates Breguet's remarkable talent for approaching almost any branch of horology from a completely new direction. Technically it is quite different from the work of his contemporaries; double barrels replacing the customary fusee, and the escapement mounted on a separate platform for easy removal. In the small catalogue published by the firm in 1819 for the Exposition de prodiiits de l'Industrie française, Breguet summed up his reasons for adopting the new caliber (literal translation): "The two barrels act in opposite directions on the centre pinion, and the pressure of each is less than half that of a fusee; the oppposing direction of their force bears equally on tree pivots, which suffer much less strain and friction The wheel ..... train is completely separate from the barrel and the pieces of the escapement the latter (the .......... escapement) is mounted on a special platform, almost isolated from the rest of-the movement, which can be removed easily; such a design has the important advantage of allowing the work to be given to the most suitable craftsman..."
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1991-04-14
