104th Auction
2021/5/22
Lot 325
Chronomètre Tourbillon
A decorative and heavy hunting case pocket watch with one-minute tourbillon and spring detent escapement for the Spanish market
estimated
18.000—30.000 €
Price realized
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specific features
Case
18k gold, case maker's punch mark "AA".
Dial
Silver, engine-turned, applied, floral gold decoration.
Movement
Bridge movement, chain/fusee, spring detent escapement according to Thomas Earnshaw, gold screw compensation balance.
Case no.48245
Diam.54 mm
Circa1860
Ctry.Swiss
Wt.154 g
The heavy, 18k case of this exquisitely executed "Chronomètre Tourbillon" is elaborately decorated with engine turned pattern; the delicate tourbillon cage and the elegant stripe pattern of the inside lid are but a few of the features that make this timepiece such an attractive, high-quality collector's object.
This watch is illustrated and described in "Das Tourbillon" by Reinhard Meis, Laterna Magica Publishers, Munich 1997, page 122.