Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces...
Hong Kong, Dec 05, 2021
LOT 103
CHARLES BARBEZAT-BAILLOT – TRUSTY
Art Nouveau pocket watch, quarter-repeater, made for the Chinese market; gilded silver (vermeil), enamel and pearls
Art Nouveau pocket watch, quarter-repeater, made for the Chinese market; gilded silver (vermeil), enamel and pearls
HKD 51,000 - 102,000
EUR 5,800 - 11,500 / CHF 6,100 - 12,100 / USD 6,600 - 13,100
Gilded silver (0.900; vermeil), enamel and pearl-set, hunting-case, keyless-winding, round-shaped, Art Nouveau pocket watch, made for the Chinese market, with subsidiary seconds at 6 and one horological complication:
· Quarter-repeater by two hammers on two steel gongs (activated by the rectangular push-piece located on the case-band at 6 o’clock)
Greenflinqué enamel (translucent enamel over guilloché engine-turning) cover and case-back, with polychrome painting on enamel showing, on the cover, a gentleman helping a lady cross a river, and, on the case-back, the portrait of a lady; bezels set with half-pearls.
Cream colour enamel dial, with radial Roman numerals, inside cartouche (gilded frames); blued steel “Spade” hands.
Movement 20’’’, gilded brass, with going barrel, straight-line lever escapement, compensated balance and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, polished steel index regulator; repeater work on the main plate, under the dial.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Charles Barbezat-Baillot , Le Locle
Model Under the trademark “Trusty”
Year Circa 1895-1900
Case No. 273 926
Diameter 56 mm
Caliber 20’’’, straight-line lever escapement
Weight 133.4 gr. (approx.)
Signature Dial
Accessories Copies of the invention patents
Notes
Movement based on the Swiss invention patent No. 334, delivered on January 8, 1889, to Charles Barbezat-Baillot, Le Locle, for a “Perfectionnements apportés à la construction des mécanismes de répétition pour montres de poche de toutes dimensions” (Improvements to the construction of the mechanisms of repetition for pocket watches of all sizes); this patent includes in particular the centrifugal force regulator to regulate the speed of the repetition mechanism.
Movement based on the Swiss invention patent No. 13 244, delivered on November 18, 1896, to Charles Barbezat-Baillot, Le Locle, for a “Poussette pour montres” (Push-piece for watches).
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Charles Barbezat-Baillot, Le Locle
Movement based on the Swiss invention patent No. 13 244, delivered on November 18, 1896, to Charles Barbezat-Baillot, Le Locle, for a “Poussette pour montres” (Push-piece for watches).
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Charles Barbezat-Baillot, Le Locle
The company “C. Barbezat-Baillot” was founded by Charles Barbezat-Baillot (1847-1938). He was the elder brother of Henri Barbezat-Bôle (1851-1921), the founder of “H. Barbezat-Bôle S.A., Le Locle”.
Charles Barbezat-Baillot is the holder of many invention patents related to watchmaking and registers numerous trademarks: “Trusty”, “Le Phare”, “Dixi”, “Fix Watch Co.”, etc.