Fine Watches
Fine Watches
Breguet
Montre en or jaune avec heure sautantes et cadran tournant | Yellow gold jumping hour watch with rotating dial Vers 1927 | Circa 1927
Lot Closed
March 4, 10:50 AM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Breguet
Montre en or jaune avec heure sautantes et cadran tournant |
Yellow gold jumping hour watch with rotating dial
Vers 1927 |
Circa 1927
Cadran : guilloché argenté
Calibre : remontage manuel, rubis
Numéro de mouvement : 1'740
Boîtier : or jaune 18K (750°/00), fond clipsé
Numéro de boîtier : 1'740
Dimensions : 46 mm
Signé : boîtier, cadran et mouvement
Ecrin : non
Papiers : non
Accessoires : Extrait des Archives Breguet
Dial: silvered guilloché
Calibre: manual winding, jeweled
Movement number: 1'740
Case: 18k yellow gold, snap-on back
Case number: 1'740
Dimensions: 46 mm
Signed: case, dial and movement
Box: no
Papers: no
Accessories: Breguet Extract from the Archives
Poids brut 57.75 g |
Gross weight 57.75 g
The Breguet Extract from the Archives confirms that the watch 1740 was sold to Mr. Migal on November 15th 1927 for 4.100 francs
During the 1920s and 1930s, jump hour watches were not popular. There production was low, and are therefore today considered quite rare.
Jump hour models substitute the hour hand with an underdial hour disk with numerals 1 through 12. When the minutes advance from 59 to 0 at the beginning of a new hour, the hour disk rotates one increment so the new hour is displayed through the aperture. Rather than progressing over the course of 60 minutes as in the analog display, the hour indication 'jumps' at the last minute of the hour, as suggested by the description.
In 1926, Breguet patented the design of a watch with jumping hours and a revolving dial. With this new design, the central portion of the dial revolves fully every hour, so that the minutes are indicated by the arrow. As the aperture for hour is located at the tip of the arrow, and thus circumnavigates the dial, this feature is known as a 'wandering' hour.
For a similar example see Breguet, E., Breguet: Watchmakers since 1775, p. 316.