Stock No.

211

Case

Gilt brass Gorge case with bevel edged glazed sides and back.

Original numbered travel case.

Dial

Silver engine turned with Roman numerals Breguet moon hands set within a gilt mask with silver Roman alarm dial below. Dial signed Breguet below XII.

 

Movement

Two train twin barrel striking and minute repeating grande sonnerie, petite sonnerie with repeat, strike silent and alarm. Hours and quarters sounded upon two coiled blued steel gongs with two hammers, third hammer for alarm.

 

Duration

7 days.

Provenance

Completed by Breguet 6th January 1919.

Bobinet 2003.

Private collection UK.

Comparative Literature

George Daniels, The Art of Breguet.

Derek Roberts, Carriage and other traveling clocks.

Carriage Clocks their history and development.

Escapement

Jewelled lever with Breguet overcoil hairspring.