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BREGUET NEVEU & CIE., NO. 4840. CIRCA 1835
Details
A Louis Philippe walnut and brass-mounted two-day marine chronometer of the Third Series
Breguet Neveu & Cie., No. 4840. Circa 1835
BOX: two-tier with observation panel to the upper section, inset with a brass diamond inscribed No.4840, external drop-down brass handles, oval brass escutcheon to double-throw lock, lock plate numbered 796, deep cylindrical brass bowl within oval gimbal; box key
DIAL: French dead silvered and signed Breguet Neveu & Cie. No.4840, with subsidiary rings for hours/minutes and seconds, all hands of blued steel
MOVEMENT: four pinned pillars, top plate numbered 4840, single going barrel wound through the bottom of the bowl
ESCAPEMENT: Earnshaw type on elliptical platform, pivoted detent with metal locking pallet, cut bimetallic balance with peripheral screws, oversprung blued steel helical balance spring with three leg adjusting assembly; un-numbered replacement double-ended winding key, Breguet certificate (1985)
215 mm. square box, 85 mm. diameter dial
Breguet Neveu & Cie., No. 4840. Circa 1835
BOX: two-tier with observation panel to the upper section, inset with a brass diamond inscribed No.4840, external drop-down brass handles, oval brass escutcheon to double-throw lock, lock plate numbered 796, deep cylindrical brass bowl within oval gimbal; box key
DIAL: French dead silvered and signed Breguet Neveu & Cie. No.4840, with subsidiary rings for hours/minutes and seconds, all hands of blued steel
MOVEMENT: four pinned pillars, top plate numbered 4840, single going barrel wound through the bottom of the bowl
ESCAPEMENT: Earnshaw type on elliptical platform, pivoted detent with metal locking pallet, cut bimetallic balance with peripheral screws, oversprung blued steel helical balance spring with three leg adjusting assembly; un-numbered replacement double-ended winding key, Breguet certificate (1985)
215 mm. square box, 85 mm. diameter dial
Provenance
Sold by Breguet on 5 September 1837 to M. Huette, for 1100 francs.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium