Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 15, 1994

LOT 29

Not signed (Paul Loichot), Charquemont (France), No. 1017, circa 1906. Fine "Argentan" keyless Art-Nouveau watch with one minute tourbillon regulator patented on 11 June 1904, Swiss patent No. 30754.

CHF 2,500 - 3,000

Sold: CHF 4,025

C. Three piece "bassine et filets", decorated with flowers and foliage in the typical Art- Nouveau style. D. Eccentric white enamel with Roman numerals with a floral decoration. Aperture below the dial disclosing the escapement mounted on the tourbillon carriage. GiIt brass " Louis XV" hands. M. 20-, gilt brass, inverted, straight line lever escapement, bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. The escapement is mounted on a tourbillon carriage revolving once per minute. In very good condition. Diam. 58 mm.


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Similar watches are described and illustrated by R. Meis in Das Tourbillon" pp. 306-310. The patent is explained in the same book, p. 67.