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New York, Grand Havana Room, Apr 25, 2001

LOT 359

Paul Jeannot, Genève, No. 1905. Produced circa 1890.Very fine and rare, 18K gold, hunting-cased, keyless, double train, astronomical minute-repeating watch with alarm and perpetual calendar.

USD 35,000 - 40,000

C. four-body, "bassine et filets", polished, hinged gold cuvette. D. white enamel, bold, blue Roman numerals, blue outer minute ring with gold paillon five-minute Arabic markers, four sunk auxiliary dials for days of the week, days of the month concentric with alarm setting, months of the four-year leap cycle and auxiliary dial for the seconds with aperture for phases of the moon, gold paillon decoration, gold "Louis XV" hands. M. 46 mm, nickel, straight line counterpoised lever escapement, cutimetallic compensation balance, Palladium Breguet balance spring, 43 jewels, repeating on gongs through activating slide in the band, alarm on the same gongs by its own two hammers, tandem winding of going train and alarm.Case and movement signed, dial numbered.Diam. 60 mm.


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Grade:
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 2*

Very good

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

Notes

JEANNOT Paul, Genève, Le Locle, La Chaux-de-Fonds. Maker of very high quality Grandes Complications. Specialized in watches for Spain and the South American Market, went into partnership with Paul Perret for making pocket chronometers. Patented a number of improvements in watches, among them a mechanism for independant seconds (1889), chronograph (1892), special pin-setting mechanism (1891).Dictionnaire des Horlogers Genevois by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, Geneva, 1998.