101st Auction
2019/11/16
Lot 364
Rossel & Fils, Sucrs de I. F. Bautte&Cie., Genève, Movement No. 94214, Case No. 94214, 52 mm, 142 g, circa 1880
A very fine, heavy gold five-minute repeating pocket watch with independent and stoppable jumping seconds
Case: 18k rose gold, applied gold monograms on both sides. Dial: enamel. Movm.: bridge movement, ébauche: most surely Louis Audemars, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, 2 barrels, gold screw compensation balance.
Jean-Francois Bautte (1772-1837) was the most distinguished watchmaker and retailer in Geneva of his time. Shortly after his death in 1837, Bautte’s son Jacques Bautte and son-in-law Jean-Samuel Rossel formed the company Jean-François Bautte & Cie., retailer of timepieces and jewellery. From 1855 on the company traded as Rossel-Bautte & Cie., and from 1860 on as Rossel & Fils. In 1906 the company was taken over by Constant Girard-Gallet, the owner of Swiss watch manufacturer Girard-Perregaux in La Chaux-de-Fonds. The Girard-Perregaux Museum in La Chaux-de-Fonds owns several creations from the house of Bautte.
A very fine, heavy gold five-minute repeating pocket watch with independent and stoppable jumping seconds
Case: 18k rose gold, applied gold monograms on both sides. Dial: enamel. Movm.: bridge movement, ébauche: most surely Louis Audemars, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, 2 barrels, gold screw compensation balance.
Jean-Francois Bautte (1772-1837) was the most distinguished watchmaker and retailer in Geneva of his time. Shortly after his death in 1837, Bautte’s son Jacques Bautte and son-in-law Jean-Samuel Rossel formed the company Jean-François Bautte & Cie., retailer of timepieces and jewellery. From 1855 on the company traded as Rossel-Bautte & Cie., and from 1860 on as Rossel & Fils. In 1906 the company was taken over by Constant Girard-Gallet, the owner of Swiss watch manufacturer Girard-Perregaux in La Chaux-de-Fonds. The Girard-Perregaux Museum in La Chaux-de-Fonds owns several creations from the house of Bautte.
Sold
estimated
6.900—9.000 €
Price realized
6.500 €