Lewis Walduck
Cataloguer
Lot 71*
A rare early 19th century brass inlaid mahogany striking mantel clock with Certificate, sold on the '5th day of Complémentaire an 10' (22nd September 1802) to Madamme de Praslin for 600 francs Breguet, number 1203
2 July 2025, 13:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £19,200 inc. premium
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A rare early 19th century brass inlaid mahogany striking mantel clock with Certificate, sold on the '5th day of Complémentaire an 10' (22nd September 1802) to Madamme de Praslin for 600 francs
Breguet, number 1203
The rectangular mahogany case inlaid with eight panels of brass stringing, raised on a plinth base and four finely cast and chased ormolu lions paw feet.
The 4-inch white enamel dial with minute track framing the Arabic numerals, signed above VI Breguet and set with typical blued steel Breguet hands within a cast ormolu bezel, opening which reveals the single winding square.
The movement accessed by lifting the rear panel, both plates shaped as an inverted arch and united by four turned pillars, the large spring barrel set in the lower curved section and driving both the going train and the strike train, the former with its intermediate wheel set on a separate bridge mounted on the backplate, with anchor type escapement and silk-suspended pendulum held by a sprung bar and a hinged locking arm, the hours and half-hours struck on the bell. Ticking and striking. 28cms (11ins) high.
The rectangular mahogany case inlaid with eight panels of brass stringing, raised on a plinth base and four finely cast and chased ormolu lions paw feet.
The 4-inch white enamel dial with minute track framing the Arabic numerals, signed above VI Breguet and set with typical blued steel Breguet hands within a cast ormolu bezel, opening which reveals the single winding square.
The movement accessed by lifting the rear panel, both plates shaped as an inverted arch and united by four turned pillars, the large spring barrel set in the lower curved section and driving both the going train and the strike train, the former with its intermediate wheel set on a separate bridge mounted on the backplate, with anchor type escapement and silk-suspended pendulum held by a sprung bar and a hinged locking arm, the hours and half-hours struck on the bell. Ticking and striking. 28cms (11ins) high.
Footnotes
According to the Breguet archives, clock number 1203 was sold
during the period of the French Revolutionary calendar on the "5th day
of Complémentaire an 10". In today's calendar, this would equate to
September 22nd, 1802. We are grateful to Emmanuel Breguet for his
help regarding this lot.
Abraham-Louis Breguet was born in Switzerland in 1747. In 1762 he was sent to Versailles to be apprenticed to the watch trade under the influence of his stepfather, the reputed watchmaker, Joseph Tattet. Breguet was in business by 1775, and rapidly established his reputation by developing an entirely new world of watch and clock-making. Never ceasing to experiment, every watch and every clock that emerged from the workshop was unique, and each piece was made by hand. Several of the technical innovations forwarded by Breguet are still used today.
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