Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 15, 1994
LOT 26
Anschutz in Targau, circa 1780. Unique silver experimental double side inverted centre seconds hait skeletonised watch with special escapement and "pirouette".
CHF 10,000 - 12,000
Sold: CHF 13,800
C. Later specially made. D. White enamel on the front with Arabic numerals. Gold Breguet hands. Blued steel seconds chapter ring on the back of the movement. M. GiIt brass, engraved, skeletonised, with "fusée renversée" invented by Jean-Batiste Le Roy, Tompion type half dead beat roller escapement with pirouette. The centre seconds running anti clockwise on the back of the movement. Signed on the dial. In very good condition. Diam. 45 mm.
Notes
Certainly unique, this watch is described and illustrated in Uhren Journal für Sammler
Klassischer Zeitmesser 2/94, page 38.
1. The "fusée renversée".
2. The "pirouette" wheel with spiral spring and the balance.
3. The "pirouette" wheel and the escape wheel.