Swiss keyless military chronograph with register Circa 1956
- Kenmerk
- SB0646
- Diameter
- 50 mm
- Estimate
- € 2.500 - 5.000
- Price sold
- € 3.000
Stainless steel military watch by Breguet
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A Swiss stainless steel open faced keyless military chronograph watch with register, circa 1956. A Marine Nationale Aeronautique Navale, sold to the Service Hydrographique de la Marine. Jewelled nickel lever movement, mono metallic compensation balance. Steel cuvette. Chocolate brown dial with Arabic numerals, engine turned subsidiary dials for constant seconds and 60 minute register. Case with milled bezels, screw down engraved back. Case signed. Comes with the original wooden presentation box.
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Diameter: 50 mm
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Signed: Breguet
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Abraham-Louis Breguet was born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland in 1747 and died in 1823 at the age of 77. At age 15, he left for Paris where he studied various disciplines, mathematics, astrology, horology, etc. He began his watchmaking career by marrying a wealthy heiress and establishing his first watch factory in Paris. He hired the most skilled and renowned horologers and master watchmakers. They realized his brilliant and innovative ideas. In 1786, he moved to London and set up a workshop where high-quality pocket watches and chronometers were manufactured. In 1789, he returned to Paris, where he remained until 1793 when he fled for political reasons. With the arrival of Louis XVIII, he became in charge of the ‘Centre Horloger de Versailles’ and was appointed ‘Horloger de la Marine’, he further entered the Academy of Sciences, and the King personally imposes on him the ‘Legion of Honour’. His innovations and improvements shocked the already existing watchmaking industry.
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Signed: Breguet
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Abraham-Louis Breguet was born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland in 1747 and died in 1823 at the age of 77. At age 15, he left for Paris where he studied various disciplines, mathematics, astrology, horology, etc. He began his watchmaking career by marrying a wealthy heiress and establishing his first watch factory in Paris. He hired the most skilled and renowned horologers and master watchmakers. They realized his brilliant and innovative ideas. In 1786, he moved to London and set up a workshop where high-quality pocket watches and chronometers were manufactured. In 1789, he returned to Paris, where he remained until 1793 when he fled for political reasons. With the arrival of Louis XVIII, he became in charge of the ‘Centre Horloger de Versailles’ and was appointed ‘Horloger de la Marine’, he further entered the Academy of Sciences, and the King personally imposes on him the ‘Legion of Honour’. His innovations and improvements shocked the already existing watchmaking industry.
Signed: Breguet
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