Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Monaco, Jul 21, 2021

LOT 164

Le Phare
Art Deco, chronograph, minute counter; 18K yellow gold

EUR 1,200 - 1,800

USD 1,450 - 2,200 / HKD 11,100 - 16,600

Sold: EUR 1,950

18K yellow gold, open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, Art Deco pocket watch, silver colour dial with subsidiary seconds at 6 and two horological complications:
• 1/5 second chronograph (activated by the round push-piece located on the winding-crown) with tachometric scale graduated for 60 kilometres per hour
• Half-instantaneous 30-minute counter (subsidiary dial at 12 o’clock)

Case-back guilloché (engine-turned) and engraved in taille-douce (fine-cut) with an Art Deco motif.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-8-01

Good

Slightly scratched

HANDS Original

Brand Le Phare, Le Locle

Year circa 1920

Movement No. 11 210

Case No. 67 064 (by Envers S.A., Le Locle)

Caliber 17’’’, straight-line lever escapement

Diameter 53 mm

Weight 68.5 gr. (approx.)

Signature dial

Notes

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.”, “Uti”, etc.

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