Martin Boeck, Wien, No. 34, with Austrian hallmarks for 1831. Rare and interesting silver "Souscription" 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 40

Martin Boeck, Wien, No. 34, with Austrian hallmarks for 1831. Rare and interesting silver "Souscription" watch with special escapement.

CHF 3,500 - 4,000

Sold: CHF 9,775

C. Three body, "forme quatre baguettes", engineturned. D. White enamel double " souscriptinon" type, with upside down Breguet chapter divised in order to enable the lecture of time within two minutes, inner concentric small reversed small Breguet chapter ring. Blued steel double ended single hand. M. 22"' gilt brass, "souscription" calibre with central barrel, double wheel escapement, plain brass three-arm balance with and polished steel end-piece, flat balance spring with Breguet bimetallic compensation curb on the index. Signed on the movement. In very good condition. Diam. 59 mm.

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This watch is described and illustrated by A. Chapiro in his book: La Montre Française, p. 240 as a good example of the influence of Breguet on the watchmakers of his time. This escapement is similar to that of lot 36. A very similar watch by Vanier, No. 430, made in 1781, is described and illustrated by A. Chapiro in his book: La Montre Française, Editions de l'Amateur, 1991, pp.180-181, fig. 377-379. This watch was also part of the exhibition "La Dynastie des Le Roy, Horlogers du Roi", in the Musée des Beaux Arts de Tours, 1987, No. 38 of the catalogue.