Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 17, 1992
LOT 40
Nadir (Paul Loichot, Charquemont), Brevet No. 30754, France, circa 1906.
CHF 2,200 - 2,600
Sold: CHF 2,760
Nickel plated keyless watch with Mobilis tourbillon regulator, patented in 1905. Double body plain, bassine, case. Eccentric silvered dial with Arabic numerals, the revolving tourbillon carriage visible in an aperture. GiIt brass inverted movement, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. The escapement is set on a one minute revolving carriage. Diam. 53 mm.
Notes
Similar watches are cescribed and illustrated in R. Meis:
Das Tourbillon, pages 306 to 310.