Description: Partial, destroyed brass movement ebauche for a ‘montre simple’ with equation of time (55.8mm diameter). Lever escapement and compensation balance. Wold also have featured a moon phase and a concentric annual calendar.
Provenance: Ex. George Brown, thence by decent
Additional Info:
Ref.: Breguet E., Minder N., Abraham-Louis Breguet. L’horlogerie à la conquête du monde, Musée national suisse, le Musée du Louvre et Somogy Editions d’Art, Paris, 2011, P. 240, 241, No. 3862
Ref.: Daniels G., The Art of Breguet, Sotheby Parke Bernet, London, 1974, P. 261, Pic. 304 a – d, No. 3863
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