A silver and gold open-faced keyless lever single button chronograph watch with register and fitted box
Breguet No. 4174 | Sold to Monsieur Storione on 23 November 1953
Auction Closed
November 9, 08:49 PM GMT
Estimate
5,500 - 11,000 CHF
Lot Details
Description
19’’’ nickel lever movement, jewelled to the centre, satin finished bridges, special mono-metallic compensation balance with bi-metallic affixes, steel balance spring with Breguet overcoil, satin finished chronograph work mounted to the backplate, central bridge numbered 4174, movement edge stamped M
silvered dial, chapter ring with Arabic and baton hour indexes, chemin-de-fer minute ring, outer chronograph seconds ring calibrated to fifths, red tachymeter scale, recessed subsidiary dials for seconds and 30-minute register, gold epée hands, blued steel subsidiary hands
silver case, 18ct gold rims and bow, silver milled band, rounded bezels, snap-on case back, chronograph pusher through crown, silver polished cuvette numbered Breguet No. 4174, case back with maker’s mark SG with key in lozenge cartouche for Société Générale des Boîtes, case back, cuvette and inner rim with French crab assay mark, French eagle’s head assay to bow
Measurements
diameter 51mm
depth 14.5mm
weight 106.3g
Accompaniments
with a red morocco leather Breguet box, silk lined interior with gilt lettering Breguet, 28, Place Vendome, Paris, and a Breguet 250th anniversary certificate
At a time Breguet was developing the wristwatch chronograph Type XX, they continued to produce elegant chronograph pocket watches.
This present fine example is particularly interesting as the single button chronograph, is housed in a silver and gold case.
This colour scheme is echoed by the gold hands as well as the black and red scales of the dial, providing an harmonious homogeneity to the piece.