Lot 267

Breguet, Paris, Movement No. 4586, 170 x 170 x 170 mm, circa 1912
A small ship's chronometer with 49h power reserve - sold 25th September 1912 to the Company Ford Motor & Cie. - with original Breguet certificate
Case: mahogany. Dial: silvered. Movm.: brass movement, 76 mm, spring detent escapement according to Thomas Earnshaw, chain/fusee, bimetallic chronometer balance with 2 screws and 2 weights.
Vintage watches and oldtimer cars are a favourite motif in advertising and relevant magazines and what we have here is a similar, quite striking context - Ford Motor & Cie., a long-established motor company from the early days of the automobile purchased a chronometer by renowned maker Breguet. Henry Ford was known for his great interest in yachts and sailing and owned several large yachts, which he used this precision instrument on.