100th Auction
2019/11/15
Lot 89
Ulysse Nardin, Locle & Genève, Case No. 13499, 61 mm, 190 g, circa 1911
An impressive, large and heavy hunting case minute repeating watch with perpetual calendar, moon phase and split seconds chronograph with 30 min. counter as part of the month indicator, for the German market - with copy of the Ulysse Nardin records - sold on 1911/07/26 for 1570 SFr.
Case: 18k gold, glazed movement. Dial: enamel. Movm.: bridge movement, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, gold screw compensation balance.
The movement of this remarkable pocket watch was made by Victorin Elisée Piguet. He began with the design of the movement in 1908, the watch was, however, not completed before 1910. It was eventually sold in July 1911 for the formidable price of 1,570 Swiss francs.
Victorin Elisée Piguet was considered one of the most renowned makers of extra-complicated movements and supplied most of the important Swiss, German and English manufacturers with his ebauches.
An impressive, large and heavy hunting case minute repeating watch with perpetual calendar, moon phase and split seconds chronograph with 30 min. counter as part of the month indicator, for the German market - with copy of the Ulysse Nardin records - sold on 1911/07/26 for 1570 SFr.
Case: 18k gold, glazed movement. Dial: enamel. Movm.: bridge movement, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, gold screw compensation balance.
The movement of this remarkable pocket watch was made by Victorin Elisée Piguet. He began with the design of the movement in 1908, the watch was, however, not completed before 1910. It was eventually sold in July 1911 for the formidable price of 1,570 Swiss francs.
Victorin Elisée Piguet was considered one of the most renowned makers of extra-complicated movements and supplied most of the important Swiss, German and English manufacturers with his ebauches.
estimated
50.000—70.000 €
Price realized
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