98th Auction
2018/11/10
Lot 552
A collection of 2 pocket watches with Bagnolet calibre
Attributed to Courvoisier & Comp., La Chaux-de-Fonds, Case No. 5564, Calibre Bagnolet, 41 mm, 26 g, circa 1830
A gold enamel pocket watch with ultraflat Bagnolet calibre
Case: 18k gold. Dial: silver, florally engraved. Movm.: full plate movement, keywind, cylinder escapement, three-arm brass balance.
The pocket watch is ornamented with floral engraving and a centred cartouche with an Alpine farm house on the back side.
In the bagnolet caliber the movement is inverted and the train reversed. The idea was to make a very thin watch by reducing the thickness of the bridges and the dial and to eliminate the cuvette. Philippe Samuel Meylan is credited with the invention of the bagnolet caliber.
Provenance: Landrock Collection
Attributed to Courvoisier & Comp., La Chaux-de-Fonds, Case No. 5564, Calibre Bagnolet, 41 mm, 26 g, circa 1830
A gold enamel pocket watch with ultraflat Bagnolet calibre
Case: 18k gold. Dial: silver, florally engraved. Movm.: full plate movement, keywind, cylinder escapement, three-arm brass balance.
The pocket watch is ornamented with floral engraving and a centred cartouche with an Alpine farm house on the back side.
In the bagnolet caliber the movement is inverted and the train reversed. The idea was to make a very thin watch by reducing the thickness of the bridges and the dial and to eliminate the cuvette. Philippe Samuel Meylan is credited with the invention of the bagnolet caliber.
Provenance: Landrock Collection
Sold
estimated
2.200—3.500 €
Price realized
2.000 €