BREGUET ET FILS [ 寶璣] | AN IMPORTANT OVER-SIZED SILVER OPEN-FACED SIX-MINUTE TOURBILLON WATCH WITH PETO'S CROSS DETENT CHRONOMETER ESCAPEMENT, REGULATOR DIAL AND PRESENTATION ENGRAVING FROM SIR THOMAS MAKDOUGALL BRISBANE BART. NO. 2574, CASE NO. 287...

BREGUET ET FILS
[ 寶璣]

AN IMPORTANT OVER-SIZED SILVER OPEN-FACED SIX-MINUTE TOURBILLON WATCH WITH PETO'S CROSS DETENT CHRONOMETER ESCAPEMENT, REGULATOR DIAL AND PRESENTATION ENGRAVING FROM SIR THOMAS MAKDOUGALL BRISBANE BART.
NO. 2574, CASE NO. 287, 'GARDE-TEMPS À TOURBILLON' SOLD TO LE GÉNÉRAL THOMAS BRISBANE ON 23 FEBRUARY 1816 FOR 2,000 FRANCS
[ 罕有特大型銀製六分鐘陀飛輪懷錶備PETO十字制動式擒縱系統精密計時機芯、三針一線錶盤及刻托馬斯・麥克杜格・布里斯班從男爵贈字，編號2574，錶殼編號287，1816年2月23日以2,000法郎售予托馬斯・布里斯班少將]

• Movement: gilded ½ plate movement with reverse fusee, gilded tourbillon carriage, Peto cross detent chronometer escapement with cycloidal impulse faces and pointed locking tips to the escape wheel teeth, compensation balance with recessed rims and adjustable gold screws, blued steel spiral spring with terminal curve, 21,600 beats per hour, signed and numbered Breguet et Fils, no.2574
• Dial: silver engine-turned regulator-style, three subsidiary dials with satin finished chapter rings for seconds to the left, minutes to the right and hours below, blued steel hands, the hour and minute hands of moon form, semi-circular satin finished crescent signed Breguet et Fils above laurel branches
• Case: silver case, gold hinges, the back with later presentation inscription from the original owner reading "To Colin Lamont Jr. Esqr. from Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, Bart, in testimony of his sincere esteem and regard, Greenock, 16th July, 1856", case back with maker's mark AG beneath a star for Ami Gros and Paris silver hallmarks for 1808-19 stamped B 2574, and numbered 287, polished silver cuvette with aperture for winding, engraved Regulateur à Tourbillon, Breguet et Fils, no.2574, Paris control mark for 1793 onwards

diameter 77mm

Accompanied by Breguet certificate dated 10 February 2020.

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Condition Report:
Movement: running at time of cataloguing and visually appears in good aesthetic condition however would probably benefit from a service.

Dial: in good refreshed condition

Case and cuvette have been polished in the past but all engravings remain clear.

Provenance:
Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane

Colin Lamont Jr. Esq

The Seth Atwood Collection, Rockford, Illinois

Sotheby's New York, Fine Watches from the Atwood Collection, 11 December 1986, lot 141