99th Auction
2019/5/11
Lot 379
Barbezat-Baillot, Le Locle, Suisse, "Le Phare", Case No. 74959, 57 mm, 129 g, circa 1900
A heavy hunting case quarter repeating pocket watch with chronograph, full calendar and moon phase for the Russian Market
Case: 14k gold. Dial: enamel, windows for weekday and month with Cyrillic letters. Movm.: 1/2 plate movement, "Patent 13244", 2 hammers, 2 gongs, screw compensation balance.
Barbezat-Baillot invented the brand Le Phare (= lighthouse) in 1888 and used it as his company name from 1905 on. Barbezat-Baillot was an extremely gifted watchmaker and inventor who registered a large number of patents - Swiss patent no. 334 was one of his most important inventions and included the use of centrifugal force for the repeater mechanism.
A heavy hunting case quarter repeating pocket watch with chronograph, full calendar and moon phase for the Russian Market
Case: 14k gold. Dial: enamel, windows for weekday and month with Cyrillic letters. Movm.: 1/2 plate movement, "Patent 13244", 2 hammers, 2 gongs, screw compensation balance.
Barbezat-Baillot invented the brand Le Phare (= lighthouse) in 1888 and used it as his company name from 1905 on. Barbezat-Baillot was an extremely gifted watchmaker and inventor who registered a large number of patents - Swiss patent no. 334 was one of his most important inventions and included the use of centrifugal force for the repeater mechanism.
estimated
4.000—5.000 €
Price realized
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