Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Jun 28, 2020
LOT 312
B. G. MARTINOT
CHF 3,000 - 5,000
HKD 24,000 - 40,000 / USD 3,000 - 5,000
Sold: CHF 3,750
“Bassine”-type pocket watch without fusee, early balance spring, central winding, alarm; silver. Silver, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, “Bassine”-type pocket watch, without fusee and one horological complication: • Alarm one a bell (winding at 9.30) Two-piece case, “bassine’’ with split bezel, the border of the back finely pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage. Silver champlevé dial with radial Roman numerals inside cartouches; inner revolving alarm setting disc with Arabic numerals; blued steel single hand.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Martinot, Paris
Year Circa 1680
Caliber 17’’’, full plate, fire gilded brass, Egyptian pillars, fixed barrel, verge escapement, monometallic balance with three arms (polished steel) and blued steel flat early hairspring, pierced and engraved gilded continental “Louis XIV” cock, silver regulator disc; central win- ding; alarm train with fixed gilded brass barrel, pierced and engraved with foliage
Dimensions 49.2 mm.
Signature Movement
Accessories Later silver and shark skin covered protecting case (circa 1730-1740; Ø 60.2 mm.)