The Art of Horology in Geneva

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 13, 1999

LOT 189

Ecole d'Horlogerie de Genève, Masterpiece, cased after the Second World War.Fine 18K gold, keyless, pocket lever chronometer with one minute tourbillon regulator.

CHF 35,000 - 40,000

Sold: CHF 40,250

C. Four body, massive, "bassine et filets carrure ronde", polished. Detachable gold glazed cuvette.D. White enamel with Roman numerals, outer minutes ring and sunk subsidiary seconds. Blued-steel "spade" hands. M. 19''', LeCoultre calibre, nickel plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, blued-steel Breguet balance spring. One minute tourbillon regulator with polished-steel equidistant three-arm Pellaton type carriage.Signed on movement.Diam. 58 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: * 3
Dial: 4 - 11 - 01

Notes

The carriage of this tourbillon is very similar to that used by James Pellaton. Originally made, as usual, with a nickel plated workshop case, this movement was certainly cased in gold after the Second World War.