685,500 CHF
Génie et Prudence Breguet No. 453, Pendule Pyramidale, "Génie et Prudence", bronze figures by Pierre-Philippe Thomire, sold to Monsieur de Pourtales on October 22, 1806, for 3000 Francs. Extremely fine bronze and ormolu precision mantel regulator. One of the four precision clocks from the prestigious series of Pendules Pyramidales. Accompanied by a certificate. Portor marble base standing on four gilt bronze engine-turned bun feet. The pendulum is held above the escapement by two allegorical figures, representing Genius and Prudence. White enamel, attributable to Dubuisson, with Breguet numerals, the subsidiary seconds shown on a small silvered revolving chapter ring driven by the escapement. Blued steel Breguet hands. Brass rectangular, with cylindrical pillars and two going barrels wound separately. Highly unusual form of pivoted detent ecapement with twin escape wheels each with four ratchet teeth, one for locking, the other for the impulse on the jeweled pallet of the pendulum. Half second beating gridion pandulum with knife-edge suspension.Signed on the dial and back plate. Dim. 63 x 34 x 21 cm. Notes This clock was exhibited in 1923 in the Musée Galliera, Paris, for the Centenary Breguet Exhibition (1747-1823), Catalogue de l'Ex-position, p. 7,No. 1. Of all the clocks produced by Breguet, the "Pendules Pyramidales" are, along with the famous "Pendules à trois roues", the "Pendules branlantes" and the "Pendules sympa-thiques", the most representative of
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-04-24
