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Addendum to Breguet Sympathique No. 46 re: 1798 Exposition publique des produits de l'industrie française
Just guessing but Breguet Sympathique No. 46 may have been the clock presented at the 1798 Exposition publique des produits de l'industrie française. Page 5 and page 6 of the catalog list Breguet's entry:
ARCADE N.o 2 Breguet, horloger à Paris: Un nouvel échappement libré et à force constante, adapté à une pendule, qui met une montre a l'heure et qui la régle;
(ARCADE N.o 2 Breguet, watchmaker in Paris: A new free and constant force escapement, adapted to a clock, which sets a watch to the time and regulates it)
Page 20 lists 12 citizens distinguished by the jury led by Breguet with a description of Breguet's clock:
Un nouvel echappement libre et a force constante, egalement applicable au perfectionnement des horologes astronomiques et des horloges a longitude. cette horloge produit l'effet tres-singulier de remettre une montre a l'heure
(A new free and constant force escapement, also applicable to the improvement of astronomical clocks and longitude clocks. this clock produces the very singular effect of setting a watch back to time)
The medallion of Breguet clock No. 46 reads: Premier Modele d l'Echappement a force constante par Breguet thus it may not be fantasy to guess clock no. 46 was presented at the 1798 exhibition before being sent to the Queen of Spain in 1799. As always Breguet experts' opinions welcomed.
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Spanish Sympathiques. Please solve the mystery.
Related to an Addendum to my article “Centenaire de Abraham Breguet: Mélange de bric et de broc” concerning Breguet Sympathique No. 430 I have been trying to locate pictures of two Sympathique clocks, namely Nos. 46 and 247 but the search has been in vain...
The Spanish clock mystery remains a mystery.
The Palacio Real de Madrid sent me a picture of a clock at the bequest of my inquiry regarding the Spanish Breguet Sympathique clocks. The Breguet literature suggests Breguet Sympathique No. 46 and Breguet Sympathique No. 247 were sold to the King of Spai...
A correction...
I have been informed by a well-respected Breguet aficionado the clock I suggested could be Breguet Sympathique No. 247 is NOT Breguet Sympathique No. 247. Breguet Sympathique No. 247 was sold to the Spanish court circa 1814 and the clock in my picture is ...
Breguet, Neveu et Cie Sympathique clocks (a quick note)
The Sympathique clock I naively or rather ignorantly thought may have been Sympathique No. 247 is a mid-century Breguet, Nevue et Cie clock. Breguet, Nevue et Cie earned a gold medal at the French Industrial Exposition of 1834. M. Bréguet neveu continue d...
Breguet Clock No. 46 mystery solved?
Preface: I would be wildly remiss if I did not acknowledge the kind assistance of Andrew Crisford who has patiently answered a variety of my Breguet questions and in the case of Breguet clock No. 46 directing me to the Norbert Tieger book "Grandi Orologi:...
Thanks for posting these
I always found the Sympathique clocks to be incredibly fascinating but I didn't actually know a whole lot about them.
Addendum to Breguet Sympathique No. 46 re: 1798 Exposition publique des produits de l'industrie française
Just guessing but Breguet Sympathique No. 46 may have been the clock presented at the 1798 Exposition publique des produits de l'industrie française. Page 5 and page 6 of the catalog list Breguet's entry: ARCADE N. o 2 Breguet, horloger à Paris: Un nouvel...