L\'ART DE L\'HORLOGERIE EN FRANCE DE ...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 14, 1993
LOT 218
Winnerl No. 495, circa 1840. Rare and very fine watch with early splitseconds recorder.
CHF 28,000 - 32,000
Sold: CHF 34,500
C. Four body, "forme quatre baguettes", polished. Gold cuvette. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and subsidiary split-seconds. blued-steel Breguet hands. M. Gilt brass, 19"', bar calibre, going-barrel, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Subsidiary split-seconds recorder operated by means of a single push piece on the pendant. Signed on the dial, case and movement. In very good condition. Diam. 50 mm.
Notes
A particularly fine example of the earliest form of
the split-seconds recorder mechanism with
concentric hands, invented by Winnerl, in 1838,
and improved in 1840. This mechanism is
described in: Bulletin de la Société d'encouragement
pour l'Industrie Nationale, 1843, page 195 and 196,
plate 893.
Photocopies of the relevant document will be
furnished to the buyer of this lot.