Antique Breguet Clock

Price Type: auction
Sold Date: 11/11/2001
Pre-Sale Estimate: (subscribers only)
Sold For: (subscribers only)

Catalog Description:

Month-going center-seconds table regulator with true equation of time, annual Gregorian and Revolutionary calendars, accompanied by Breguet certificate.Breguet; sold on February 4, 1808. Precision Timekeeper with 2 Complications; Breguet No. 1210, sold to Monsieur Labaume for 1,600 francs on February 4, 1808. Extremely rare, fine and important month-going center-seconds table regulator with true equation of time, annual Gregorian and Revolutionary calendars, accompanied by Breguet certificate. C. Mahogany, glazed on both sides and the front, rectangular cresting above molded cornice, veneered base.D. White enamel, Breguet numerals, minute divisions, gold Breguet equation hand, blued steel Breguet mean time hand, semicircular brass plate below with winding and calendar apertures. M. Rectangular with canted top corners, 153 mm x 176 mm, mounted to U-shaped brass frame, brass plates, turned cylindrical pillars with conical bases, double barrel, four-wheel train, pin-wheel escapement with jeweled pallets set on the back plate, steel and brass gridiron compensation pendulum beating half secondwith calibrated regulating knob and micrometric beat adjustment on the crutch, double spring suspension, leveling device mounted to the base. The annular wheel with engraved calendars is driven from one of the barrels via three wheels, the last of which is 20-tooth jump star wheel with a clutch for possibility of manual adjustment, the equation cam, fixed to the annular wheel, controls the equation hand via spring-loaded pivoted lever terminated with very nicely finished rolling cylinder to minmize the friction. This lever, via a fusee-like chain, is connected to the set of planetary wheels going to the canon pinion and the equation hand wheel. Signed on the dial and movement, movement numbered. Dim. Height 38 mm, width 23 mm.

The Antique Clocks Price Guide database contains actual sales information about this piece and more than 20,000 other antique clocks. Most records tell you what it sold for at auction and where it was sold. Some records tell you the price that retail dealers are asking for this or similar clocks.

For as little as $6.95 for a five-day pass you can view the complete information for all the antique clocks in our database. To find out more about our low cost five-day, one-month or one year subscription plans, click here.

Back to List