c.1930 French Chrome and Ebony Chronometer Mantel Clock by Breguet
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Mantle
Inv. #: f175
Maker: Breguet No. 2612 Mercer No. 685
Circa: 1930
Size: Clock: 7.25in.high x 6.75in.wide.Case: 9.5in. High x 8.75in. wide.
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Case
The chromium plated case has thick beveled glasses, a hinged front door and shaped feet. The original display case has an ebony base with a drawer to the side that holds the wind and set keys and a glazed bronze cover
Dial
The silvered and engraved dial has black Roman numerals for the hours, a subsidiary seconds chapter with Arabic numbers for the ten second marks, an up/down indicator marked '8 - 0' and 'Bas - Haut', a start/stop lever marked 'A M', finely finished steel hands and is signed by the maker, 'Breguet, No 2612
Movement
The eight-day time only movement has thick shaped screwed posts, thick damascened plates, a chain fusee and is stamped by the movement maker, '685'. The large horizontally mounted platform has a helical hairspring, a bimetallic two arm balance wheel with middle temperature error compensation and a spring detent escapement.
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