Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 15, 1994
LOT 27
Frantz Weisshaubt à Prag, No. 33, circa 1880. Unique gilt brass hait skeletonised centre seconds watch with double balance "pirouette" and special escapement.
CHF 12,000 - 15,000
Sold: CHF 17,250
C. Later, glazed on both faces. D. Later white enamel with Romannumerals. Later hands. M. Hinged gilt brassn full plate, engraved and skeletonised with baluster pillars, fixed barrel with going arbor, unusual double virgule escapement, double balance with pirouette, the balance spring on the pirouette wheel. Signed on the reverse of the front plate. In good condition. Diam. 47 mm.
Notes
Certainly unique, this watch demonstrates the most extraordinary and complicated way
to make a dead centre seconds movement.
1. Detail of the escape wheel.
2. Detail of the "pirouette" with the double virgule.
3. The back plate with the escape wheel and the "pirouette" wheel in place.