Lot n° 105
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Louis BERTHOUD (1754 -1813) - Lot 105
Louis BERTHOUD (1754 -1813)
Marine watchmaker from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Portable gold gousset marine watch no. 168, round case guilloché "grains d'orge" and monogrammed. White enamel dial, regulator type with Roman numerals. Hands
"Breguet" blued steel, balanced seconds hand. 25''' movement, cage caliber with fusee and chain, detent escapement, balance wheel, carried by rollers, compensated with gold and platinum adjusting screws, blued steel cylindrical balance spring.
Dial signed.
Diameter: 63 mm - Gross weight: 187g (750 thousandths)
Accompanied by two keys. Hair on the dial, the fusee chain needs to be repaired, it is attached to the watch.
This watch comes from the descendant of the owner, J.C Redon de Beaupréau.
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Jean-Claude Redon de Beaupréau (1738-1815),
French politician.
In 1757, he joined the naval administration. Commissioner at Le Havre and Martinique, he was appointed by Louis XVI as naval controller at Rochefort in 1777.
During the ministry of M. le Maréchal de Castries, he was successively appointed commissaire général and intendant of the port of Brest in 1784, a position he held until the French Revolution. On July 2, 1795, he became Minister of the Navy and Colonies, a position he held until November 4 of the same year. He then became :
- Président du conseil des prises in 1800
- Maritime Prefect of Lorient in 1800
- Member of the Conservative Senate in 1810
- Peer of France in 1814
He is buried in the Père Lachaise cemetery.
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