Breguet et Fils

A FINE AND SMALL GOLD AND ENAMEL QUARTER REPEATING JUMP HOUR 'MONTRE MÉDAILLON' DELIVERED TO "LA MAISON DE RUSSIE" CIRCA 1810, NO. 2431

• Movement: gilded bar, ruby cylinder, three-arm plain gold balance with parachute, single polished steel hammer striking an intermediate block against a coiled gong
• Dial: silver engine-turned dial, satin finished chapter ring with Roman numerals, blued steel moon hands, the hour hand advancing/jumping a full hour division each hour, signed Breguet et fils, with secret signature and numbered either side of 12 o'clock
• Case: 18ct gold, the back with later added (c.1827-1834) black champlevé enamel decoration heightened with gold scrolling flowers and foliage and centred with champlevé and polychrome enamel painted arms of Princess Marie Narychkine (1779-1854), polished gold detachable cuvette secured with a screw and with apertures for winding, hand-set and regulation, case bezels and border of cuvette with fine engine turning à grains d'orge, the pendant with pull-twist plunger for repetition, cuvette signed and numbered Breguet no.2431, inside case back stamped 'R' and numbered 503
diameter 35mm

Provenance:
Antiquorum Geneva, The Art of Breguet, 14 April 1991, lot 48