Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
New York, Sep 15, 2010
LOT 344
Jean Dunand - Platinum - Piece Unique Jean Dunand, Platinum Pièce Unique, 12 compliactions, Movement by Christophe Claret, No. 1877, Ref. CLA "Grande Complication". Sold in 2005. Very fine and extremely rare, unique, water-resistant, platinum wristwatch with one-minute flying tourbillon, minute repeater, oval button split-seconds chronograph, register, bi-retrograde perpetual calendar, leap year cycle indication and a platinum Jean Dunand buckle. Accompanied by the original fitted wooden box, Certificate of Origin, spare strap, white cloves, tools, technical description and instruction materials.
USD 200,000 - 300,000
EUR 150,000 - 225,000 / CHF 210,000 - 310,000
Sold: USD 212,500
C. Two-body, solid, polished, transparent case back with 6 screws, chronograph push-button at 2, split-seconds function at 4, black diamond-set winding crown, stepped rounded bezel, fluted lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Bicolor matte silver and anthracite, center engine-turned, outer 1/5th seconds divisions, sectors for the retrograde day of the week at 6 and the date at 12, subsidiary dials for the months and the leap year at 9 and the 30-minute register at 3. White gold alpha hands. M. Cal. CLA 96 by Christophe Claret, lateral lever escapement with one-minute flying tourbillon regulator, 3 arm polished steel cage, monometallic balance with timing screws, adjusted to all positions, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, shock absorber. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 17 mm.
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What is a Minute Repeater?
A minute repeating watch tells the time both visually and audibly. A slide on the side of the case, usually near the 9, will activate two hammers in the movement. These hammers strike two gongs curled within the case. First one hammer strikes a gong of lower tonality; it will count out the hours. Then both hammers will strike both gongs alternatively to count out the quarter hours after that hour, and then the second hammer alone striking a gong of higher tonality will count out the minutes after that quarter hour. The repeating mechanism was developed by Daniel Quare. In 1687, he had patented a mechanism that sounded the hours and the quarter hours. The early repeaters used bells. At the end of the 18th century, two bent-wire gongs became the more popular mechanism. In 1892, the first minute repeater wristwatch was produced by Omega, a model with a round-shaped case.