Breguet Neveu et Comp(agn)ie A heavy and rare brass cylinder inking chronograph watch with ten minute register

SIGNED BREGUET NEVEU ET COMP(AN)IE, NO. 557, BAND ENGRAVED L.P A 27, CIRCA 1850

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Breguet Neveu et Comp(agn)ie A heavy and rare brass cylinder inking chronograph watch with ten minute register
Signed Breguet Neveu et Comp(an)ie, no. 557, band engraved L.P A 27, circa 1850
Mechanical cylinder movement, plain three-arm balance, enamel dial, large central blued-steel inking hand, outer Arabic ten second divisions, subsidiary dial for the ten minute register, heavy circular plain case, bezel and back with engine-turned rims, start/stop lever and inking push piece in the band at six o'clock, back secured by two blued steel screws, case signed and numbered, dial signed
79 mm. diam.

Sale Room Notice

Please note that according to the archives of Breguet, the present watch has been called "compteur à pointage, nouveau modele" n.557 has been sold to Pixu on 21st December 1846, for the sum 280 Fr.FR.
Veuillez noter que d'après les archives de Breguet, la présente montre était appelée "compteur à pointage, nouveau modele" n. 557 a étae vendue à Pixu le 21 décembre 1846, pour la somme de 280 Fr.FR.

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Lot Essay

According to the archives of Breguet, the present watch has been called "compteur à pointage, nouveau modele" n.557 has been sold to Pixu on 21st December 1846, for the sum 280 Fr.FR.

The present watch is a very nice and rare example of an inking chronograph, which was invented by famous French watchmaker Nicolas Mathieu Rieussec (1781-1852) in 1821. Rieussec's inking chronograph was further developed and perfected by Frederick Louis Fatton, one of Breguet's most talented workmen. Other watchmakers and watchmaking companies also developed their own versions. For further examples of inking chronographs see lots 62, 64 to 66, as well as a model brass escapement for an inking chronograph lot 67.

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