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LOT 261

Albert Pellaton-Favre, Le Locle, No. 3171, circa 1900.Exceptionally fine and important 18K gold, keyless, one-minute tourbillon regulator pocket chronometer with special escapement.

CHF 70,000 - 90,000

USD 45,000 - 55,000

Sold: CHF 113,500

C. Three-body, "bassine et filets", glazed back, polished band and bezels. D. Silver, radial Roman numerals, outer minute ring, subsidiary sunk seconds, matte center. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 44,8 mm (20'''), rhodiumed, Locle Technicum caliber with curved center bridge, "fausses côtes" decoration, three-arm equidistant Pellaton carriage with spring detent escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel balance spring with Phillips outer terminal curve, index regulator with goldscale plate, jeweled to the center, entire escapement with endstones.Signed on movement.Diam. 52 mm.


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Grade:
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3 - 31 - 01

Notes

Albert Pellaton-Favre (1834-1914)A native of Le Locle, was one of the principle constructors of tourbillons. He made no fewer than 82 tourbillon watches, mostly with spring detent escapement, and won prizes from the Geneva and Neuchatel Observatories. He was the father of James Pellaton, director of the Le Locle Technicum, and a fine horologer in his own right.