Breguet, no. 3360, “Répétition or à Ponts”. An extremely fine and important 18K gold openface quarter repeating watch with lever escapement and extensive jewelling, built on the principles of the garde-temps
SIGNED BREGUET, NO. 3360, SOLD ON 15 NOVEMBER 1819 TO JOHN BROADHURST “MEMBRE DU PARLEMENT D’ANGLETERRE” FOR THE SUM OF 4,000 FRANCS
Breguet, no. 3360, “Répétition or à Ponts”. An extremely fine and important 18K gold openface quarter repeating watch with lever escapement and extensive jewelling, built on the principles of the garde-temps Signed Breguet, No. 3360, sold on 15 November 1819 to John Broadhurst “membre du Parlement d’Angleterre” for the sum of 4,000 Francs Movement: gilded brass, going barrel, jewelled to the centre wheel, straight line lever escapement with draw, three-arm cut bimetallic compensation balance, gold and platinum adjustment screws, balance spring with terminal curve, pare-chute shock absorber, repeating on a single gong with single hammer Dial: engine-turned silver, secured by a single screw, Roman numerals on a blank chapter ring, eccentric subsidiary seconds, blued steel Breguet hands Case: four-body, by Joly, polished, back with engraved monogram “OC” beneath a Countess’s coronet, the interior with engraved reward inscription: " Countess Cowley, 20 Albemarle Street, London, £10 Reward will be paid if los t ” , pull-twist piston for the repeating in the band, gold cuvette Signed: case numbered 2305, 3360B and with Joly’s punch mark, dial signed Breguet et Fils, cuvette signed and numbered Dimensions: 51 mm. diam. With: Breguet Certificate confiming the lever escapement, case by Joly no. 2305, silvered dial and the sale of the present watch to Monsieur Broadhurst, membre du Parlement d’Angleterre, on 15th November 1819 for the sum of 4,000 Francs
Breguet, no. 3360, “Répétition or à Ponts”. An extremely fine and important 18K gold openface quarter repeating watch with lever escapement and extensive jewelling, built on the principles of the garde-temps
SIGNED BREGUET, NO. 3360, SOLD ON 15 NOVEMBER 1819 TO JOHN BROADHURST “MEMBRE DU PARLEMENT D’ANGLETERRE” FOR THE SUM OF 4,000 FRANCS
Breguet, no. 3360, “Répétition or à Ponts”. An extremely fine and important 18K gold openface quarter repeating watch with lever escapement and extensive jewelling, built on the principles of the garde-temps Signed Breguet, No. 3360, sold on 15 November 1819 to John Broadhurst “membre du Parlement d’Angleterre” for the sum of 4,000 Francs Movement: gilded brass, going barrel, jewelled to the centre wheel, straight line lever escapement with draw, three-arm cut bimetallic compensation balance, gold and platinum adjustment screws, balance spring with terminal curve, pare-chute shock absorber, repeating on a single gong with single hammer Dial: engine-turned silver, secured by a single screw, Roman numerals on a blank chapter ring, eccentric subsidiary seconds, blued steel Breguet hands Case: four-body, by Joly, polished, back with engraved monogram “OC” beneath a Countess’s coronet, the interior with engraved reward inscription: " Countess Cowley, 20 Albemarle Street, London, £10 Reward will be paid if los t ” , pull-twist piston for the repeating in the band, gold cuvette Signed: case numbered 2305, 3360B and with Joly’s punch mark, dial signed Breguet et Fils, cuvette signed and numbered Dimensions: 51 mm. diam. With: Breguet Certificate confiming the lever escapement, case by Joly no. 2305, silvered dial and the sale of the present watch to Monsieur Broadhurst, membre du Parlement d’Angleterre, on 15th November 1819 for the sum of 4,000 Francs
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