The Art of Horology in Geneva

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 13, 1999

LOT 111

Sim. Gounouilhou, sur le Quai Neuf à Genève,No. 14597, circa 1830.Fine 18K gold, quarter repeating watch with double calendar.

CHF 5,500 - 6,500

C. Four body, Empire with ribbed band and engine-turned back. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with technical details. D. White enamel with Roman numerals, sunk subsidiary dials for dates and days of the week. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 22''', gilt brass, bar calibre with going barrel now fitted with a folding keyless device, 9 rubies, ruby cylinder escapement, plain gilt brass three-arm balance with pare-chute suspension, flat balance spring with bimetallic compensation curb on the index, repeatng on gongs with pull-twist piston through the pendant.Signed on the cuvette.Diam. 57 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 4

Fair
Movement: * 4 - 5
Dial: 4 - 6 - 01

Notes

Pierre Simon Gounouilhou (1779-1847)Pierre Simon Gounouilhou, born in 1779, settled in Geneva in 1799 and died in 1847. A maker of great repute, he began his career as a maker of automaton and musical objects and watches, including the "kitchen" model, but later produced more conventional repeating watches of slim design. The examples made shortly after his arrival in Geneva can be compared to the early work of Jacob Frisard and Isaac-Daniel Piguet (before the latter went into partnership with Meylan).