Charles Oudin, Eléve de Breguet, Palais Royal
A RARE AND FINE GOLD QUARTER REPEATING CALENDAR CYLINDER WATCH WITH EQUATION OF TIME INDICATION CIRCA 1820, NO.6980
• Movement: gilded, cylinder escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, ruby endstone, free standing barrel, two polished steel hammers repeating on gongs mounted to the movement edge, the repeating work visible to the backplate, gilt-metal hinged cuvette signed and numbered Charles Oudin Eve de Breguet, Palais Royal N.52, no. 6980
• Dial: silver engine-turned, satin finished chapter rings for Roman numerals, outer minutes and sector for equation of time, apertures for date and month, blued steel hands, signed Chs Oudin
• Case: pink gold, engine-turned case back, milled band and bezels, plunge pendant for repetition with locking slide above 11 o'clock, concealed slide beneath bezel between 10 and 11 o'clock for date adjustment, case maker's mark FHM incuse and numbered 34048 and 1971
diameter 59mm
Provenance:
Antiquorum, 14 November 1993, lot 194
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A RARE AND FINE GOLD QUARTER REPEATING CALENDAR CYLINDER WATCH WITH EQUATION OF TIME INDICATION CIRCA 1820, NO.6980
• Movement: gilded, cylinder escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, ruby endstone, free standing barrel, two polished steel hammers repeating on gongs mounted to the movement edge, the repeating work visible to the backplate, gilt-metal hinged cuvette signed and numbered Charles Oudin Eve de Breguet, Palais Royal N.52, no. 6980
• Dial: silver engine-turned, satin finished chapter rings for Roman numerals, outer minutes and sector for equation of time, apertures for date and month, blued steel hands, signed Chs Oudin
• Case: pink gold, engine-turned case back, milled band and bezels, plunge pendant for repetition with locking slide above 11 o'clock, concealed slide beneath bezel between 10 and 11 o'clock for date adjustment, case maker's mark FHM incuse and numbered 34048 and 1971
diameter 59mm
Provenance:
Antiquorum, 14 November 1993, lot 194