Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, May 10, 2020

LOT 118

Charles Barbezat-Baillot – Le Phare - Art Deco minute-repeater; 18K white gold, 18K yellow gold and enamel

HKD 31,200 - 39,000

USD 4,000 - 5,000 / EUR 3,700 - 4,600 / CHF 4,000 - 5,000

18K white gold, 18K yellow gold and enamel, open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, Art Deco, dress-watch, snap-on case-back, silver colour dial with subsidiary seconds at 6 and one horological complication: • Minute-repeater on two steel gongs (activated by the slide at 6 o’clock). Silver colour dial with suspended applied yellow gold “Breguet” numerals. Case-back and bezel black enamelled in champlevé with friezes.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3-6

Good

Slightly oxidized
Movement: 3-6 *

Good
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Brand Le Phare, Le Locle

Year circa 1930

Movement No. 26

Case No. 64 439 (Neuchâtel mountains)

Material 18K white gold, 18K yellow gold and enamel

Diameter 46.9 mm.

Caliber 17’’’ ½, rhodium-plated, lever escapement

Signature dial

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Biography

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.