BREGUET NO. 3327 - QUARTER REPEATING WATCH
Breguet et Fils, No. 3327, 'Repètition'.
Very fine and rare, quarter-repeating, 18K gold pocket watch
with 'English-type' ruby cylinder escapement, and ratchet
key. Sold to Monsieur Dupont pour 1'400 francs.
Four-body, 'forme collier', polished bezel, engine-turned
flat band, the back engine-turned 'grains d'orge'. Hinged
gilded cuvette.
Silver, engine-turned with radial Roman numerals on
a brushed chapter ring, outer dot minute divisions. Blued
steel Breguet hands.
47 mm., matte gilt, standing barrel, English-type ruby
cylinder escapement, the escape wheel and balance wheel
with jeweled pivots, three-arm balance with pare-chute suspension
on the upper pivot, blued steel flat balance spring,
blued steel index regulator with bimetallic compensation
curb, repeating on two gongs with two polished steel hammers
activated by a pull-and-twist piston in the pendant.