Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces.
Geneva, Mar 21, 2020
LOT 9
TALLIBART, TURKISH MARKET MARINE CHRONOMETER OVER-SIZED, MAHOGANY AND BRASS
CHF 15,000 - 25,000
USD 15,600 - 26,000 / HKD 120,000 - 200,000
Very fine and extremely rare, large over-sized, mahogany (plain box) and brass (bowl, gimbal ring, rectangular handles), key-winding, eight-day, marine chronometer, made for the Turkish market. Silvered dial with black painted Turkish numerals, outer minute track, large subsidiary seconds at 6, with 8-day power-reserve indication at 12 o'clock. Gold "Spade" hands.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3-8 |
Good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-6-01 |
Good Slightly oxidized HANDS Original |
Brand Louis Tallibart, London
Model made for the Turkish market
Year circa 1845-1850
Numbers 449
Caliber 39''' and 54''' (88 mm. and 121 mm.), 3/4 plate, brass, with fusee and chain, Earnshaw-type spring detent escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance with gold poising screws and blued steel cylindrical hairspring with terminal curves No.449
Dimensions 240 x 230 x 230 mm.
Signature dial
Accessories original brass winding-key
Notes
Louis Tallibart is recorded as working in Dublin and then London in the 1830's and 1850's. He also had a shop in Galata, Turkey (mentioned in 1844). The firm specialised in the manufacture of watches and chronometers for the Islamic market. It seems that he was active in the 1850's in Geneva.