101st Auction
2019/11/16
Lot 371
Zenith / Van Arcken & Co., Horloger de la Cour, Batavia & Soerabaya, Case No. 084954, 51 mm, 113 g, circa 1907
A rare precision hunting case pocket watch with spring detent escapement - with extract from the archives and detailed documentary by Zenith
Case: 18k gold. Dial: enamel. Movm.: 1/2 plate movement, gold escape wheel, "Pat. Oct. 18, 1904 # 30751", "Swiss Patent 24677", gold screw compensation balance, freesprung blued balance spring, patented fine adjusting device.
Charles Rosat/Georges Favre Jacot & Cie/Zenith
Patent no. 30751 from January 31, 1905 "Mécanisme de remontage et de mise à l'heure" (Winding and timing mechanism) according to Georges Favre Jacot & Cie and patent no. 24677 from January 31, 1903 "Dispositif régulateur pour raquette montée sur un porte-spiral pouvaut tourner autour de l'axe du balancier" (balance spring regulator) according to Charles Rosat.
According to Zenith only a few watches were built and sold with this kind of regulation system and chronometer escapement.
A rare precision hunting case pocket watch with spring detent escapement - with extract from the archives and detailed documentary by Zenith
Case: 18k gold. Dial: enamel. Movm.: 1/2 plate movement, gold escape wheel, "Pat. Oct. 18, 1904 # 30751", "Swiss Patent 24677", gold screw compensation balance, freesprung blued balance spring, patented fine adjusting device.
Charles Rosat/Georges Favre Jacot & Cie/Zenith
Patent no. 30751 from January 31, 1905 "Mécanisme de remontage et de mise à l'heure" (Winding and timing mechanism) according to Georges Favre Jacot & Cie and patent no. 24677 from January 31, 1903 "Dispositif régulateur pour raquette montée sur un porte-spiral pouvaut tourner autour de l'axe du balancier" (balance spring regulator) according to Charles Rosat.
According to Zenith only a few watches were built and sold with this kind of regulation system and chronometer escapement.
Sold
estimated
3.500—6.000 €
Price realized
4.300 €