Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Nov 08, 2014
LOT 230
TEMPORA MINUTE REPEATER & CHRONOGRAPH Tempora (Le Phare), Le Locle & La Chaux de Fonds, Répétition à Minutes Chronographe, No. 247672. Made circa 1915. Fine, minute-repeating, 18K gold hunting-cased keyless pocket watch with chronograph. Cuvette signed.
CHF 2,000 - 4,000
HKD 16,000 - 33,000 / USD 2,100 - 4,300
Sold: CHF 3,500
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Notes
DIAM. 53 mm.
Le Phare The company was
founded as Guye & Barbezat,
the founders were Charles
Barbezat-Baillot (1847-1938)
and Henry Guye (1838-1877).
In 1888, the firm's name was
changed to Le Phare, being
the registered name of their
complicated watches. In 1900,
Barbezat-Baillot advertised
their brands that year as: La
Locloise; l'Esperanto; Le Phare;
Tempora and La Volapuk.
Barbezat-Baillot was a member
of the jury at the Brussels
Universal Exhibition in 1897
and at Liege in 1905.