Important Collectors Watches, Pocket ...
Hong Kong, Jun 08, 2008
LOT 316
Montre Médaillon Boubon a Paris, No. 5571. Made circa 1815. Fine and rare, 18K rose gold pocket watch with short Breguettype chain and ratchet key. To be sold without reserve
HKD 28,000 - 35,000
USD 3,600 - 4,600 / EUR 2,200 - 2,800
Sold: HKD 19,200
C. Three-body, ?forme collier?, engine-turned band, sunray engine-turned front cover, the back cover engine-turned a grains d?orge, spring-loaded front cover. D. Silver, engine-turned, small, eccentric, radial Roman numerals on a plain reserve, outer minute divisions, mask concealed by the front cover with apertures for hand-setting and regulation. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 36 mm., frosted gilt, standing barrel, cylinder escapement with steel escape wheel both with jewelled pivots, three-arm brass balance wheel, blued steel flat balance spring, polished steel endplate, index regulator. Dial signed. Diam. 42 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-6-01 |
Good Slightly oxidized HANDS Original |
Notes
Established his business in 1806 at Palais du Tribunal. In 1810 he moved to the Galerie de Pierre in the Palais Royal, where he remained until 1820. In 1830 he was at Galerie Colbert. It is interesting to note that Boubon followed in the footsteps of the famous Oudin, who in 1804 was doing business at the Palais du Tribunal, and who in 1810 moved to the Galerie de Pierre, where he also remained ten years. The present watch displays certain characteristics of Oudin, and it is conceivable that Boubon worked closely with Oudin. The Musée International d'Horlogerie in La Chaux-de-Fonds has a watch made by Boubon.