Online Christmas Auction
Hong Kong, Dec 11, 2019
LOT 377
Waltrin - Decorative pocket watch, dumb quarter-repeater “à toc” and “à tact”, repoussé and chiselled décor; 20K yellow gold
HKD 17,200 - 20,700
EUR 2,000 - 2,400 / USD 2,200 - 2,700 / CHF 2,200 - 2,700
20K yellow gold, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, “Louis XV” pocket watch, with white enamel dial and one horological complication: • Dumb quarter-repeater “à toc” and “à tact” Case-back and bezel repoussé and chiselled with a shell pattern.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3 * |
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Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand WALTRIN, Paris
Year circa 1757-1758
Movement No. 130
Case No. 186 (illegible master mark, « H G » or « J I G », maybe Jean-Isaac Godde, dit Godde l’Aîné , Paris)
Material 20K yellow gold
Diameter 47.1 mm.
Caliber 17’’’ ½, verge escapement
Signature movement and bâte
Notes
Waltrin, Joseph, Paris, known as “Waltrin Père” (the Father)
Joseph Waltrin (c.1720-before1789), known as “Waltrin Père” (the Father), born at Châtel-en-Lorraine, is the son of a watchmaker from Lorraine, active in Epinal. He was received as a Master in the “Corporation des Horlogers” (guild of watchmakers) of Paris on March 1st, 1746, by judgment of March 1st, 1746. He was “Garde-visiteur” (visitor-guard), in 1767-1768 and 1773-1775, then, “Député” (deputy), in 1778, of the corporation. He was active in the Enclos du Temple (1747), then rue Saint-Antoine “à la coquille d’Or” (1748). For his clocks, he uses cabinets made by Martinière. His two sons are watchmakers, Charles-Henry, known as “Fils Aîné” (the Elder Son), received as Master in 1767, and, Louis-René, known as “Fils le Jeune” (the Young Son), received as Master in 1771 (September 24).
Bibliography
· Tardy, Henri-Gustave Lengellé known as, “Dictionnaire des Horlogers français”, Paris, Editions Tardy, 1971-1972, p. 651.
· Augarde, Jean-Dominique, “Les ouvriers du temps, la pendule à Paris de Louis XIV à Napoléon Ier – Ornamental Clocks and Clockmakers in Eighteenth Century”, Geneva, Editions Antiquorum, 1996, pp. 406, 408.