Online Christmas Auction
Hong Kong, Dec 11, 2019
LOT 37
Breitling Laederich - Pocket watch with “Patent Lever” escapement; 18K yellow gold and enamel
HKD 10,000 - 12,000
EUR 1,200 - 1,450 / USD 1,300 - 1,550 / CHF 1,300 - 1,550
18K yellow gold, hunting-case, key-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, subsidiary seconds at 6. Cover and case-back guilloché (engine-turned) with enamel decoration; cover engraved in taille-douce, in the centre, with the cypher “C W”.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-8 |
Good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 3 * |
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Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |
Brand Breitling, La Chaux-de-Fonds
Year circa 1850-1860
Movement No. 22 506
Case No. 22 506
Material 18K yellow gold and enamel
Diameter 41 mm.
Caliber 15’’’, patented lateral equilibrated lever escapement
Signature cuvette (dome)
Notes
Breitling Laederich
He or they signed watches with “Detached Lever” and / or “Patent Lever” escapements in Le Locle, then in La Chaux-de-Fonds, in the middle of the 19th century; there are key-winding watches fitted with lateral equilibrated lever escapement. Breitling Laederich seems to be the grand-father or grand-uncle of Léon Breitling (1860-1914), the founder of the famous manufacture in Saint-Imier (Bernese Jura) in 1884, company who moves in 1892 to La Chaux-de-Fonds (Neuchâtel mountains).