92,000 HKD
Breguet et Fils, Horlogers de la Marine Royale,No. 4084, Garde-Temps d’argent, sold to Monsieur Texier, Lieutenant de Vaisseau on March 15, 1824,for 1500 Francs.Fine, silver, pocket chronometer. Three-body, silver, “forme quatre baguettes”, polished. Gilt brass detachable cuvette. Frosted silver with Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds on chapter XII. Blued steel “spade” hands. 24’’’, frosted and gilt, full plate, the back plate relieved for the barrel secured by a bridge, cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, spring detent escapement, two-arm bimetallic compensation balance with gold wedged weights with timing screws, free sprung blued steel helical balance spring with termnal curves and ruby end-stone.Signed on the dial cuvette and back plate.Accompanied by Breguet Certificate No. 4016, issued by Breguet on April 14, 1991.Diam. 59 mm. Notes According to the repair books, this chronometer was returned for overhaul on 20 December 1824 at the request of Monsieur Texier.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.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2000-06-05
