Giteau élève de Breguet, Palais Royal

Property from the Masterworks of Time Collection

Giteau élève de Breguet, Palais Royal

A gold open-faced jump hour cylinder watch

Circa 1830, no. 1065

• Movement: gilded, cylinder escapement, three-arm gold balance, blue steel regulation index, standing barrel

• Dial: silver engine-turned, aperture for hours, off-set ring for minutes with blued steel hand, subsidiary seconds

• Case: gold, engine-turned back, bezel and band, plain ring pendant, polished gold cuvette with apertures for winding and hand-setting, signed and numbered Giteau élève de Breguet, Palais Royal 140, No. 1065, pendant with French control marks for 1822-1838, case back and cuvette additionally numbered 38550 and inside cuvette stamped B M in a lozenge-shaped cartouche

diameter 53mm