Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces.
Geneva, Mar 21, 2020
LOT 5
UNSIGNED, CARILLON MINUTE- REPEATER, YELLOW GOLD
CHF 10,000 - 15,000
USD 10,400 - 15,500 / HKD 80,000 - 120,000
Fine and very rare 18K yellow gold, hunting-case, keyless-winding, round- shaped, pocket watch, with subsidiary seconds at 6 and Minute-repeater with carillon on three steel gongs by three hammers. Counter-enamel with the painted mention "Email gris" (grey enamel).
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand unsigned, Swiss
Year circa 1900
Numbers 2973
Caliber 20''', gilded brass, straight-line lever escapement,compensated balance with gold and platinum poising screws and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve no. 2973
Dimensions 53 mm.
Notes
It’s difficult to say who is the author of this watch. It can be attributed to César Racine (1851-1931) in Le Locle (Neuchâtel Mountains). This company is famous for its simplified and patented Grande Sonnerie watches which it produced with minute-repeater on two or three gongs, then known as carillon or chimes (1893, 1898-1899). The watch can also be attributed to Constant Piguet, from Le Sentier (Vallée de Joux) and Le Locle, a watchmaker who patented a repeater-watch with four-hammer chime (1896). In the 1890’s, the latter collaborated with Paul-David Nardin (1855-1920), of Ulysse Nardin, Le Locle, on experimental studies before to sold the company circa 1907 to his workshop manager, Charles-Emile Jeanneret-dit-Grosjean (1861-1953). The serial number of this watch may correspond to the production numbers of both of them.
The ebauche movement may have been produced by LeCoultre & Cie, Le Sentier (Vallée de Joux). Note that both gongs are signed under their feet “A. Piguet”, from the name of the manufacturer, potentially established in the Vallée de Joux.
The ebauche movement may have been produced by LeCoultre & Cie, Le Sentier (Vallée de Joux). Note that both gongs are signed under their feet “A. Piguet”, from the name of the manufacturer, potentially established in the Vallée de Joux.