Retailed by Charles Oudin, Paris, circa 1865
Estimate: | £700 - £1,000 |
Hammer price: | £700 |
The one-piece case engraved all over with foliage, pivotted handle, with four bevelled glass panels below and lift-up brass shuttered back panel, the white enamel dial with gilt 'Breguet' moon hands above two subsidiaries for day and date, detailed Ch. Oudin, A Paris, original silvered platform with plain three-armed brass balance and club-tooth lever escapement, the twin train unsigned movement with countwheel strike on a bell
15.8cm high (handle up)
PROVENANCE:
Cyril Fish, thence by descent.
Condition report
The movement ticks and strikes. The gilding is original but with some wear. The upper bevelled glass has some chips and can fall out with the rear door removed. The bottom section of the case has been fitted back the wrong way around, so that the engraved panel is at the rear. One double-ended key.