Only Online Auction
Geneva, Dec 08, 2022
LOT 292
Plojoux
Slim pocket watch, minute-repeater; 18K yellow gold
CHF 4,500 - 6,500
EUR 4,600 - 6,600 / USD 4,800 - 6,900 / HKD 37,300 - 54,000
18K yellow gold, open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, slim pocket watch, with subsidiary seconds at 6 and one horological complication:
· Minute-repeater by two hammers on two steel gongs (activated by the slide located on the case-band at 4 o’clock)
Case-back polished.
Gold guilloché (engine-turned) dial with suspended Breguet numerals; blued steel “Breguet” hands.
Movement 17’’’ ½, rhodium-plated, going barrel, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance with gold poising screws and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, polished steel index-regulator; repeater work on the main plate, under the dial.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-8 |
Good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Plojoux, Geneva
Year circa 1910-1920
Movement No. unnumbered
Case No. 10 326 (by “J L”)
Material 18K yellow gold
Diameter 47.5 mm.
Caliber 17’’’ ½, ultra-thin, straight-line lever escapement
Weight 55 gr. (approx.)
Signature dial
Notes
Plojoux, Marc (1832-1922)
Marc-Abraham Plojoux was a renowned watchmaker, specialized in complicated and high precision watches and also in jewellery. He was honoured with two awards at the Paris Universal Exhibition in 1878; he also won a gold medal in 1880 and another one in the Geneva National Exhibition in 1896.
He was one of earliest Swiss makers to use Paillard’s antimagnetic and rust proof balance springs (British invention patent No. 6 367 of 1886). In 1876, in Geneva, Charles-Auguste Paillard (1840-1895) turned to palladium, with which he became familiar in Brazil where he was sent by his uncle to service marine chronometers. Two of his watches fitted with such balance springs won him Honourable Mention at the Geneva Observatory Timing Contest in 1881 and 1882 respectively. His relationship with Paillard must have been close for, in both cases, the Plojoux’s chronometers were timed by Paillard.
Plojoux was established 30, Rue du Rhône, in Geneva. After his died, the business was run by his son Gustave-Marc-John Plojoux (1866-1947).
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