8,400 CHF
A Mr. Henry d’Elbing Breguet, No. 351, sold to Mr. Henry d’Elbing on 4 Messidor, An 6 (June 23, 1799), for 911 Francs. Very fine and rare, quarter-repeating à toc “Montre à la Lepine”, 18K rose gold pocket watch. Three-body, “forme collier”, by Amy Gros, No. 3457, polished. Sprung gilt metal cuvette hinged to the movement ring. White enamel by F. Cave, Pl. Thionu, Breguet numerals, outer star minute divisions. Blued steel Breguet hands. 48 mm., matte gilt, standing barrel, cylinder escapement with steel cylinder, plain three-arm brass balance, blued steel flat balance spring, jeweled top pivot with polished steel endplate, index regulator, repeating with two hammers on blocks inside the case activated by depressing the pendant. Dial and cuvette signed. Diam. 54 mm. Notes The movement of No. 351 features the new caliber started in 1799; it is called the Lépine caliber after the the famous Parisian watchmaker Jean-Antoine Lépine.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-05-10
