French silver watch with detent chronometer escapement Circa 1824

Silver open faced pocket watch
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A very fine French, silver pocket chronometer with spring detent escapement, circa 1824. Accompanied by a Breguet certificate. Made by Breguet, Horlogers de la Marine Royale, 3rd series,Garde-Temps d’argent, sold to Monsieur Texier, Lieutenant de Vaisseau for 1500 Francs. Frosted silver dial with a Roman numeral, outer dot minute divisions, subsidiary seconds at XII. Blued steel pear hands.
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A frosted and gilt, full plate movement, the backplate relieved for the barrel secured by a bridge, cylindrical pillars, English jeweling, fusee with chain, Earnshaw spring footed detent escapement, Earnshaw two-arm bimetallic compensation balance with sliding gold wedge-shaped temperature weights and meantime adjustment screws, free sprung blued steel helical balance spring with terminal curves and ruby endstone. Dial, cuvette and movement signed.
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Diameter: 59 mm
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Signed: Breguet  Paris
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The dial is slightly oxidized
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According to the repair books, this chronometer was returned for overhaul on 20 December 1824 at the request of Monsieur Texier. The punch mark for Joly has been removed from the interior of the back of the case, almost certainly at the same time as the owner’s name or coat-of-arms were removed from the exterior, probably at the request of the family. No. 4084 has been restamped. An almost identical watch is illustrated in The Art of Breguet, George Daniels, 1974.