106th Auction
2022/5/21
Lot 316
Girard-PerregauxCronometro, Exposition Universelle, Paris 1867
A remarkable ornamental hunting case precision pocket watch
Sold
estimated
4.000—6.000 €
Price realized
5.900 €
specific features
Case
18 K gold, case maker's punch mark "PMAF", lavishly engine-turned inner lids.
Dial
Silvered, applied gold floral ornaments.
Movement
Bridge movement, lever escapement, freesprung blued spherical balance spring, chronometer balance with 4 screws and 2 elliptical-shaped gold weights.
Case no.47308
Diam.53 mm
Circa1871
Ctry.Switzerland
Wt.137 g
Inside is a rather plain and unobtrusive nickel silver movement with three bridges and blued screws and chatons. The movement sits in an unspectacular engine-turned case with an elaborately engine-turned inner lid and engraved gold dome with cut-outs for the integrated winding mechanism and hand setting.
The Swiss watchmaker Constantin Othenin Girard founded the company Girard & Cie. in 1852 in La Chaux-de Fonds. In 1956 he married Marie, the sister of renowned chronometer maker Henri Perregaux; in the same year Girard and his brother-in-law established the company Girard-Perregaux.