The Private Collection of Theodor Beyer

Hotel Baur Au Lac, Zurich, Nov 16, 2003

LOT 42

Boubon, Palais Royal, Paris, No. 123, circa 1815. Fine and rare 18K gold dead center seconds quarter-repeating watch with date and ruby du- plex escapement.

CHF 25,000 - 30,000

EUR 16,000 - 20,000 / USD 18,500 - 22,000

C. Four-body, "Empire", polished with reeded band, gilt hinged cuvette. D. Gold, small Roman chapter set at the lower part with outer minute divisions, subsidiary date dial at the top, outermost dead-seconds track, engine-turned center with motto "NOCTE AC DIE". Blued steel Breguet and "spade" hands. M. 53 mm, frosted gilt full plate, fusee and chain, Harrison's maintaining power, double-wheel ruby duplex escapement with steel escape wheels, large three-arm gold balance wheel with ruby locking and impulse pallets, blued steel flat balance spring with compensation curb, escapement jeweled in rubies, repeating on square gongs by depressing the pendant.Signed on the cuvette.Diam. 60 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3

Good
Dial: 3-21-01

Good

Period

HANDS Original

Notes

A very high quality watch for the period, unusual not only for its double-wheel escapement but also because it is jeweled and features a large gold balance, its steel parts are very well polished, and the repetition is in the style of Oudin with square gongs. Boubon. He established his business in 1806 at Palais du Tribunal. Four years later, in 1810, he moved to the Galerie de Pierre in the Palais Royal, where he remained until 1820. In 1830 we find him at Galerie Colbert. It is interesting to note that he followed in the footsteps of the famous Oudin, who in 1804 was established at the Palais du Tribunal, and in 1810 moved to the Galerie de Pierre, where he also stayed for ten years. The present watch shows certain characteristics of Oudin, and it is conceivable that Boubon worked closely with Oudin. The Musée International d'Horlogerie in La Chaux-de-Fonds has a watch made by Boubon.