Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...
Hong Kong, Jul 10, 2005
LOT 183
Ate. Boussard, Toulouse, circa 1820. Very fine and rare 18K gold, triple-train, independent dead-seconds pocket watch with quarter-repeating.
HKD 40,000 - 55,000
EUR 4,000 - 5,500 / USD 5,000 - 7,000
Sold: HKD 23,000
C. Four-body, ?Empire?, engine-turned, gilt hinged cuvette.D. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute divisions.Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 52 mm (23???), frosted gilt, doublestanding barrels with continuous stop works, cylinder escapement,three-arm white alloy balance with flat balance spring,balance and escape wheel jeweled, temperature compensationcurb, repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant.Signed on dial and cuvette.Diam. 58 mm.
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Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 - 14 |
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Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3 - 01 |
Notes
Boussard Established in Toulouse, in 1825 he registered a patent for a ?perfected clock movement?, and in 1847 he registered a patent for a winding and stopping system applicable to clocks. He invented interesting stop works which were received with considerable favor. He died prior to 1851.