99th Auction
2019/5/11
Lot 459
Mamet ainé à Mâcon, Case No. 27328, 51 mm, 98 g, circa 1850
A decorative 24 hours (!) quarter repeating pocket watch with cylinder escapement - with original box
Case: 18k gold, lavishly florally engraved, engraved crest and crown, signed "A. N. Bodin de Veydel". Dial: enamel. Movm.: bridge movement, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, three-arm gilt balance.
The Arabic hours on the dial already imply that there is something unusual about the pocket watch by French maker Mamet - this rather humble timepiece features a remarkable and most likely truly unique quarter repeater which strikes the hours up to 24 times! We have yet to come across another timepiece with this type of function…
The French watchmaker and jeweller Constant Mamet was born on 23 February 1834 in Mâcon, Saône et Loire, where he worked as a watchmaker at 18 Rue de la Barre. Constant Mamet died in 1892 in Mâcon and was buried on the Cimetière Saint-Brice.
Source: https://watch-wiki.org/index.php?title=Mamet,_Constant, as of 04/24/2019.
A decorative 24 hours (!) quarter repeating pocket watch with cylinder escapement - with original box
Case: 18k gold, lavishly florally engraved, engraved crest and crown, signed "A. N. Bodin de Veydel". Dial: enamel. Movm.: bridge movement, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, three-arm gilt balance.
The Arabic hours on the dial already imply that there is something unusual about the pocket watch by French maker Mamet - this rather humble timepiece features a remarkable and most likely truly unique quarter repeater which strikes the hours up to 24 times! We have yet to come across another timepiece with this type of function…
The French watchmaker and jeweller Constant Mamet was born on 23 February 1834 in Mâcon, Saône et Loire, where he worked as a watchmaker at 18 Rue de la Barre. Constant Mamet died in 1892 in Mâcon and was buried on the Cimetière Saint-Brice.
Source: https://watch-wiki.org/index.php?title=Mamet,_Constant, as of 04/24/2019.
estimated
7.500—12.000 €
Price realized
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