Only Online Auction
Hong Kong, Oct 14, 2021
LOT 404
Unsigned
Pocket watch made for the Chinese market, duplex-Jacot escapement; silver
HKD 3,400 - 5,100
CHF 400 - 600 / EUR 400 - 600 / USD 450 - 650
Sold: HKD 4,500
Silver, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, made for the Chinese market, with dead-beat centre-seconds.
Contemporary case with case-back guilloché (engine-turned); fluted case-band.
White enamel dial, with radial Roman numerals; blued steel skeleton hands.
Movement 19’’’, gilded brass, engraved Chinese-style, going barrel, duplex-Jacot escapement, monometallic balance (polished steel) with blued-steel wings balance and blued steel flat hairspring, polished steel index-regulator.
Contemporary case with case-back guilloché (engine-turned); fluted case-band.
White enamel dial, with radial Roman numerals; blued steel skeleton hands.
Movement 19’’’, gilded brass, engraved Chinese-style, going barrel, duplex-Jacot escapement, monometallic balance (polished steel) with blued-steel wings balance and blued steel flat hairspring, polished steel index-regulator.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3-6-8-19-28 |
Good Slightly oxidized Slightly scratched Dent(s) Replacements |
Movement: 3-29* |
Good Lacking elements Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-73-01 |
Good ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Chipped under bezel,not visible when closed HANDS Original |
Brand Unsigned, probably Fleurier (Val-de-Travers)
Model made for the Chinese market
Year circa 1880
Movement No. unnumbered
Case No. 2 078
Material silver
Diameter 50.2 mm.
Caliber 19’’’, engraved Chinese-style, duplex-Jacot escapement
Weight 86.9 gr. (approx.)
Notes
Duplex-Jacot Escapement
During the last quarter of the 18th century, several watchmakers tried to produce watches with dead centre-seconds hands, much in favour among the scientific community. The first attempt, made in Geneva by Jean-Moïse Pouzait (1743-1793), circa 1786, featured a lever escapement associated with a large seconds-beating balance (the model of this escapement was presented to the local Société des Arts).
Due to its spectacular aspect, and in spite of its inertia sensitivity Pouzait’s escapement was much appreciated by the Chinese before the invention by Charles-Edouard Jacot (1817-1897), a watchmaker from La Chaux-de-Fonds (Neuchâtel mountains), circa 1840-1850, of the so-called duplex-Jacot or “Chinese duplex” escapement, with double-tooth arrangement. The Jacot escapement, like any duplex escapement, is a frictional one the friction from the escape wheel is constantly present. Enabled inexpensive production of dead centre-second watches it was often used in the watches made for the Chinese market.
During the last quarter of the 18th century, several watchmakers tried to produce watches with dead centre-seconds hands, much in favour among the scientific community. The first attempt, made in Geneva by Jean-Moïse Pouzait (1743-1793), circa 1786, featured a lever escapement associated with a large seconds-beating balance (the model of this escapement was presented to the local Société des Arts).
Due to its spectacular aspect, and in spite of its inertia sensitivity Pouzait’s escapement was much appreciated by the Chinese before the invention by Charles-Edouard Jacot (1817-1897), a watchmaker from La Chaux-de-Fonds (Neuchâtel mountains), circa 1840-1850, of the so-called duplex-Jacot or “Chinese duplex” escapement, with double-tooth arrangement. The Jacot escapement, like any duplex escapement, is a frictional one the friction from the escape wheel is constantly present. Enabled inexpensive production of dead centre-second watches it was often used in the watches made for the Chinese market.
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