Achille Brocot

Achille Brocot, circa 1860. Fine giIt brass and white marble, hour and half hour-striking, moon phase astronomical mantle regulator with perpetual calendar, special escapement and aneriod barometer by E. Bourdon & Richard, Paris. Rectangular, gilt brass mounted, white marble with four glazed panels, the barometer on the pediment. White enamel, small eccentric with Roman numerals, outer Arabic centre-seconds ring, visible escapement above the small dial. Blued-steel Breguet hands. Enamel calendar, decorated with a painted cloudy sky with stars, subsidiary dials for the days of the week, the date and the months with the signs of the zodiac, circular moon phase aperture with sector above for the fly-back moon calendar. Gilt brass dial plate finely engraved with floral and foliage decoration. Notes The Brocot The Brocot family was in effect responsible for the perfection of the Pendule de Paris; they were not only responsible for the development of the movement, but also the creators of a style that was to be adopted by ail. As examples, the Tambour Brocot and the Régulateur à Glace continued to be made right through until 1930. By dint of constant research, they continued to invent and perfect, throughout the 1 9th century, d ifferent systems for pendulum suspensions, escapements, perpetual calendars and striking work. Equally shrewd in business, they developed an international market, creating models that enjoyed an extraordinary success with the buying public; at the sam