Louis-Elisée Piguet, Les Brassus
, Movement No. 1911, Case No. 1911, 56 mm, 154 g, circa 1884A heavy
Swiss minute repeating hunting case pocket watch with quarter hour self strike, sold to Louis Audemars, Les Brassus (Movement No. 15367)Case: 18k gold, polished, gold dome, case maker's punch mark "GS" (George Stockwell / Stockwell & Co. Ltd., Birmingham), pusher for repetition at "6", lever for choosing between "Sonnerie" and "Silence". Dial: enamel, Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds, blued Breguet hands. Movm.: bridge movement, frosted, gilt, signed, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, Geneva quality hallmark, 2 barrels, tandem winding with mirror polished click on the top, gold screw compensation balance, counterpoised lever.
Two comparable watches are illustrated in: "Louis Benjamin Audemars - Sein Leben und Werk. Aufstieg und Niedergang einer Uhrmacherdynastie" by Hartmut Zantke, Leonberg, 2003, p. 424 ff.
#40153
Case: very good
Dial: very good
Movm.: very good, capable of running
Dial: very good
Movm.: very good, capable of running