Breguet No. 2940/1624: A silver-cased astronomical, calendar and alarm carriage timepiece; Paris, 1928

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Breguet No. 2940/1624: A silver-cased astronomical, calendar and alarm carriage timepiece; Paris, 1928
The hump-back case on sconce feet with chain handle to top and solid rear door, the silver engine-turned dial engraved with Roman chapters, the centre having subsidiary seconds beneath XII, blued steel and gold rolling moonphase by IX and alarm ring by III and signed Breguet on a gold reserve in the centre, the gilt engine-turned mask with wind and hand-set squares, the gold oval plaques beneath engraved Remontoir and Aiguilles, the calendar work below indicating day, date, month and year, similar plaques below engraved Breguet et Fils No.2940, the going barrel movement numbered on the gilt back plate B.No.1624 with cut bi-metallic compensated balance with blued overcoiled spring to lever escapement, alarm wind square on backplate with strike on steel gong of square section; with original gold chained stoppers for the wind and hand-set holes, gilt double-ended key
6¼in. (16cm.) high (3)

Provenance

M. Jean Dollfus and thence by family descent

Lot Essay

The present clock comes with a certificate from the House of Breguet stating that it was bought by Monsieur Jean Dollfus on 25 February 1928. Interestingly the certificate also states that it originally had a barometer that was replaced by Breguet in 1931 with an alarm and done in such a way that there is now no trace of how the barometer mechanism was originally fitted. The missing glass would have

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