98th Auction

2018/11/10

Lot 150

Lebet & fils à Buttes en Suisse, Movement No. 135032, Case No. 75650, 56 mm, 159 g, circa 1870
A very rare and complicated hunting case pocket watch "Chronomètre à Deux Echappements" with second time zone, date and weekday indicators, thermometer and centre seconds - for the Ottoman market
Case: 18k gold, monogrammed. Ziffbl.: silver, engine-turned, applied, floral gold decoration "a trois coleur". Movm.: bridge movement, 2 barrels, 41 rubies, 2 screw compensation balances.
The two time zones of this striking watch are operated by two independent gear trains with an escapement each - in an all but perfectly symmetrical movement.
The company Lebet & Fils, or D. Lebet & Fils Victor, was operative in Buttes in Switzerland from around 1850 to 1900. According to "Horlogeries Le Temps de L'histoire", the company also traded in lace. Lebet & Fils specialised in timepieces for the Ottoman market.
Source: https://watch-wiki.org/index.php?title=Lebet_%26_Fils, 2018-11-09

Sold

estimated
20.00040.000 €
Price realized
23.800 €