Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Oct 27, 2019
LOT 102
UNSIGNED HISTORICAL POCKET WATCH WITH ALARM BELONGED FROM THE GENERAL EXELMANS (1775-1852); SILVER
HKD 26,000 - 35,000
CHF 3,300 - 4,400 / USD 3,000 - 4,000
Sold: HKD 31,250
Silver, open-face with pair-cased, key-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, with alarm à toc (internal graduation with central index; keywinding at 11:30 and key-setting at 2:30) Silver hunting pair-cased with inside an old label inscribed “montre / de campagne / Rémi Joseph Isidore / Exelmans”.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Unsigned
Year Circa 1800
Movement No. 10 093
Calibre 17’’’, verge escapement
Case No. 65 447
Notes
Exelmans, Rémy Joseph Isidore (1775-1852), 1st Comte (Earl) Exelmans, Maréchal and Pair (Marshal and Peer) of France Volunteer in 1792, General after Eylau (1807), present in Spain (1808), in Russia (1812), he participated in the campaigns of 1813 and 1814. Arrested during the first Restoration he was acquitted by the council of war. On the return from Elba Island, he delivers the last and glorious fight of the “Cents-Jours” campaign at Rocquencourt (July 1st, 1815); the last French victory of the Napoleonic Wars (after Napoleon’s abdication but before the armistice is signed), which will earn him the nickname of “Lion de Rocquencourt”. It was appointed Marshal of France (1851).