72,450 CHF
Breguet et Fils No. 2354, petite pendule a quatre parties consigned to Maison de Russie on 23 April 1810, sold by Moreau on 31 December 1810, for 1800 Francs. Fine and rare burr elm, eight day going, quarter repeating Grande and PetiteSonnerie carriage clock with alarm and special escapement. White enamel with Breguet numerals. Blued steel Breguet hands. Brass rectangular with double tooth barrel both on the going and the striking trains, platform mounted with Breguet development of the Robin detent-lever escapement with jewelled pallets and 15 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 bell, fitted on the base. Signed on the dial and based of the movement. Dim. 18 x 12 x 9 cm: Notes Note: This escapement is describes and illustrated by George Daniels in The Art of Breguet, p. 320, fig. 391 ac. Lazare Moreau, nicknamed Zarenne, was sent by Breguet to Russia in 1808 in order to set up the firm 's Russian establishment, called the Maison de Russie. He was given permission to call himself "Monsieur Moreau-Breguet " and, as soon as he arrived in St. Petersburg, he managed to be introduced to the most important personalities of the Court and even met Tsar Alexander I on several occasions. As early as November 1808, the Tsar appointed him and the Breguet firm as Watchmaker to "His Maj Read more…
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1997-10-18
