Description: Brass prototype dials (37.6mm diameter) for movements with eccentric minutes and hours. Slightly different ‘Breguet’ signatures at 6. Very lightly engraved helping lines for the signature engraving are visible. Definitive versions feature a date aperture at 6, the signature moved to 6 position inside the dial markings. Usually used seconds subdial at 3 is not yet included in this dial study.
Provenance: Ex. George Brown, thence by decent
Additional Info:
Ref.: Daniels G., The Art of Breguet, Sotheby Parke Bernet, London, 1974, P. 292, Pic. 373, No. 3668, 3rd series, transferred to No. 200, 4th series; P. 287, Pic. 364 a,b, No. 4905 for style, but dial is larger
Antiquarian Horology 