French chromed split seconds chronograph Circa 1950
- Kenmerk
- TA4813
- Diameter
- 65 mm
- Estimate
- € 3.000 - 6.000
- Price sold
- € 3.500
Chromed open faced lever
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A rare, large French, chromed split seconds chronograph keyless pocket watch, circa 1950. A chromed, polished case, outer case with number 2420, and a steel cuvette. White enamel dial with painted black Arabic numerals, 1/10th of a second track and inner Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for seconds and 30 minute counter. Blued steel hand, red split seconds hand. Gilt brass movement, straight line lever escapement, fast beating monometallic balance, self compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial signed, movement numbered.
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Diameter: 65 mm
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Thickness: 25 mm
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Signed: Breguet Paris
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Breguet is a Swiss luxury watch, clock and jewellery manufacturer founded by Abraham-Louis Breguet in Paris in 1775. Headquartered in L’Abbaye, Switzerland, Breguet is one of the oldest surviving watchmaking brands and a pioneer of numerous watchmaking technologies such as the tourbillon, which was developed into a practical solution by Abraham Breguet in 1801. Abraham Breguet also invented and produced the world’s first self winding watch (the Perpétuelle) in 1780, as well as the world’s first wristwatch in 1810.
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A rare, large French, chromed split seconds chronograph keyless pocket watch, circa 1950. A chromed, polished case, outer case with number 2420, and a steel cuvette. White enamel dial with painted black Arabic numerals, 1/10th of a second track and inner Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for seconds and 30 minute counter. Blued steel hand, red split seconds hand. Gilt brass movement, straight line lever escapement, fast beating monometallic balance, self compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial signed, movement numbered.
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Diameter: 65 mm
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Thickness: 25 mm
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Signed: Breguet Paris
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Breguet is a Swiss luxury watch, clock and jewellery manufacturer founded by Abraham-Louis Breguet in Paris in 1775. Headquartered in L’Abbaye, Switzerland, Breguet is one of the oldest surviving watchmaking brands and a pioneer of numerous watchmaking technologies such as the tourbillon, which was developed into a practical solution by Abraham Breguet in 1801. Abraham Breguet also invented and produced the world’s first self winding watch (the Perpétuelle) in 1780, as well as the world’s first wristwatch in 1810.
Signed: Breguet Paris
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