The Mondani Collection of Rolex Wrist...

Geneva, May 14, 2006

LOT 780

?Pin Wheel Escapement? Joseph Feune a Delemont (Jura, Switzerland), case No. 18633. Made circa 1815. Fine and very rare, silver, pocket watch with pin wheel escapement.

CHF 8,000 - 10,000

EUR 5,000 - 6,500 / USD 6,000 - 8,000

Sold: CHF 11,210

C. Four-body, ?Empire?, polished, reeded band. Hinged gilt brass cuvette. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals, outer minute divisions, winding aperture at 2 o?clock. Pierced gold hands. M. 50 mm., frosted gilt brass, skeletonized back plate, standing barrel, three wheel train with five-spoke wheels, pin wheel escapement with two rows of equidistant vertical pins upon the upper surface of the escape wheel, elongated steel lever engaging with a single locking pin on the balance staff, plain brass three-arm balance, blued steel flat balance spring, polished steel endplate, index regulator. Cuvette and movement signed. Diam. 56 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

Joseph Feune Was born on May 5, 1779 in Delémont. His father, Jean-Baptiste Feune, was a watchmaker. Joseph had one brother named Vernier, who also became a watchmaker. In 1807 the family is recorded as living at No. 155 in Delémont. On September 29, 1813 he married Marie- Renée Fleury.