Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, May 09, 2021
LOT 446
MINUTE-REPEATING WITH CHRONOGRAPH, YELLOW GOLD
CHF 4,000 - 6,000
HKD 32,000 - 48,000 / USD 4,000 - 6,000
Sold: CHF 4,625
Very fine and large, minute-repeating, 14K yellow gold, hunting-cased, keyless pocket watch with chronograph. Repeating on gongs with fly regulator and push piece in the band, Swiss patent 13244.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 2- |
Very good |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |
Brand Unsigned
Year Circa 1900
Movement No. 256104
Case No. 63373
Caliber 20 “’ gilt brass, 29 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring.
Dimensions 60 mm
Signature Dial, Case and Movement
Notes
The different features of the movement, such as the fly regulator on the repeating train, lead one to think that this watch was produced by Barbezat Baillot in Le Locle, (at that time the most important maker of repeating watches of this type), which were commercialised under several trademarks such as Dixi and Le Phare. 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.