Important Watches, Wristwatches and C...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 15, 1994
LOT 3
Ls. Mousquet, Lauri(s), Vaucluse, France, circa 1840. Very rare experimental clockwatch with special escapement.
CHF 2,000 - 2,500
Sold: CHF 1,955
C. Later gilt bronze. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals. Blued steel "scoties" hands. M. 20"', brass, Lepine type calibre with free standing barrel, very unusual deadbeat verge escapement with 12 star-wheel and single impulse. Unusual striking train ( partly lacking) with going barrel and the gongs beneath the dial. Signed on the bridges. Going train in working condition. Diam. 55 mm.
Notes
Previously in the collection of The Time Museum, this watch was sold by Sotheby's in
New York on 11 December 1986, lot 158 of the catalogue.