95th Auction
2017/5/6
Lot 464
Lattès Frères & Cie à Genève, Case No. 4318, 57 mm, 143 g, circa 1880
A rare Geneva hour / quarter repeating hunting case pocket watch with quarter hour / hour strike "Petite Sonnerie" or "Grande Sonnerie" optional
Case: 18k rose gold, lavishly engraved with Renaissance motives, case maker's punch mark "Waldvogel". Dial: enamel. Movm.: bridge movement "Piguet Freres", 2 barrels, 2 hammers, 2 gongs, gold screw compensation balance.
Lattes Frères & Cie. (1860 - 1880) were known for making watches with complications, automaton watches, and independant dead center-seconds watches for the Middle-Eastern market.
A rare Geneva hour / quarter repeating hunting case pocket watch with quarter hour / hour strike "Petite Sonnerie" or "Grande Sonnerie" optional
Case: 18k rose gold, lavishly engraved with Renaissance motives, case maker's punch mark "Waldvogel". Dial: enamel. Movm.: bridge movement "Piguet Freres", 2 barrels, 2 hammers, 2 gongs, gold screw compensation balance.
Lattes Frères & Cie. (1860 - 1880) were known for making watches with complications, automaton watches, and independant dead center-seconds watches for the Middle-Eastern market.
Sold
estimated
12.000—18.000 €
Price realized
14.900 €