A mid 19th century French two day marine chronometer sold on 12. Nov. 1844 to Monsieur Jean del Prato for 1080 Francs Breguet, Neveu & Comp.ie No. 344 image 1

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A mid 19th century French two day marine chronometer sold on 12. Nov. 1844 to Monsieur Jean del Prato for 1080 Francs
Breguet, Neveu & Comp.ie No. 344

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2 July 2025, 13:00 BST

London, New Bond Street

Sold for £14,080 inc. premium

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A mid 19th century French two day marine chronometer sold on 12. Nov. 1844 to Monsieur Jean del Prato for 1080 Francs

Breguet, Neveu & Comp.ie No. 344
The 3.75 inch signed and numbered silvered dial with twin subsidiary dials - the uppermost engraved with Roman hours and Arabic ten-minute divisions with gilt hands, the lowermost showing running seconds marked in 10s, set into a cylindrical brass bowl with hinged winding cover and set in oval gimbals in a two-part ebony veneered box with twin side handles and a sliding inspection cover to the lid with inlaid brass banding and numbered lozenge, the spring driven movement with freesprung bimetallic Z-type balance to a detent escapement, all mounted on a sub-plate on the backplate. 20cms (8ins) wide.

Footnotes

A similar chronometer is illustrated in George Daniels' The Art of Breguet, page 286, providing a useful comparison in terms of design and movement layout, and highlighting the shared characteristics of high-grade precision timekeepers from this period.

Provenance:
sold on 12. Nov. 1844 to Monsieur Jean del Prato for the price of Frs. 1080

Gerd-Rudiger Lang.

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