102nd Auction
2020/6/29
Lot 435
Czapek & Cie. à Genève, Case No. 14825, 44 mm, 50 g, circa 1845
A small decorative hunting case pocket watch with the portrait of Napoleon - with early lever escapement, temperature compensation and original key
Case: 18k gold, lavishly engine-turned and florally engraved. Dial: enamel. Movm.: bridge movement, three-arm steel balance.
In 1839, long before the company Patek Philippe existed, François (originally Franciszek) Czapek, a native of Poland, founded the watch manufactory Patek, Czapek & Cie in Geneva together with Antoine de Patek. The cooperation ended some years later due to irreconcilable differences and from 1845 on Czapek produced high-quality timepieces for his aristocratic clientele under the name Czapek & Cie. In 1869 the company ceased trading for unknown reasons. François Czapek wrote the first book on watchmaking in the Polish language.
A small decorative hunting case pocket watch with the portrait of Napoleon - with early lever escapement, temperature compensation and original key
Case: 18k gold, lavishly engine-turned and florally engraved. Dial: enamel. Movm.: bridge movement, three-arm steel balance.
In 1839, long before the company Patek Philippe existed, François (originally Franciszek) Czapek, a native of Poland, founded the watch manufactory Patek, Czapek & Cie in Geneva together with Antoine de Patek. The cooperation ended some years later due to irreconcilable differences and from 1845 on Czapek produced high-quality timepieces for his aristocratic clientele under the name Czapek & Cie. In 1869 the company ceased trading for unknown reasons. François Czapek wrote the first book on watchmaking in the Polish language.
Sold
estimated
2.200—3.000 €
Price realized
4.700 €