Lepine Invenit et Fecit, No. 6204, circa 1810. Extremely rare silver experimental watch with special escapement. | Important Watches, Wristwatches and Clocks | Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, 15th October 1994

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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 15, 1994

LOT 15

Lepine Invenit et Fecit, No. 6204, circa 1810. Extremely rare silver experimental watch with special escapement.

CHF 4,000 - 6,000

Sold: CHF 8,625

C. Empire with reeded band and and glazed back. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals (hair line). Blued steel Breguet hands. M. GiIt brass full plate with going barrel, Robin's type detent lever escapement, plain brass threearm balance, flat balance spring with Breguet bimetallic compensation curb on the index. Signed on the dial. In very good condition. Diam. 55 mm.

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Previously in the collection of Léon Leroy of technical watches, in Paris, this watch was exhibited in his private museum and as many others, the back of the case was glazed and the cuvette removed. Only two watches by Lepine with Robin's escapement are know today. The other one was sold by Antiquorum in "L'Art de l'Horlogerie en France" on 14 November 1993, lot 109.