32,200 CHF
Breguet No. 24, sold to Mr. Hottinguer on Prairial An 6, for 1200 Francs. Very fine and rare 18K gold dumb quarter repeating Garde Temps, with jumping hour hand, echappement isole, accompanied by the original ratchet key. Three body, polished, made by Joly, punched with Paris hallmarks for 1789. Gilt brass detachable cuvette. White enamel by Cave, Pl. Thionville, (signed on the enamel backing), with Breguet numerals and star minute divisions. Blued steel Breguet hands. Gilt brass, Lepine calibre with free standing barrel, Breguet over hanging ruby cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, blued steel flat balance spring with bimetallic compensation curb on the regulator index. Repeating on the edge of the case by depressing the pendant with a polished single hammer. Signed on the dial and cuvette. Accompanied by Breguet certificate. Diam. 57 mm. Notes History: This watch is the 5th of the first series of the 20 very first watches made by Breguet with jumping hour and the celebrated overhanging ruby cylinder escapement; it was the 3rd to be sold, the first two were never sold, being recorded on 23 October 1810 as "perdue ou egarce " (lost). Exhibition: This watch was still the property of the Holzinger family when it was exhibited in Paris at the Palais Galliera, in October 1923, on the centenary of the death of Abrahm Louis Breguet, No. 75 of the catalogue. Jean-Conrad, Baron Hottinguer, (b. 1764 - d. 1841), was a banker and friend of Abraham-Louis Breguet, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1997-10-18
