107th Auction
2022/11/19
Lot 266
Barbezat-BaillotLe Phare
A fine hunting case quarter repeating pocket watch with chronograph - made for the Russian market
Sold
estimated
2.500—4.000 €
Price realized
2.900 €
specific features
Case
14 K gold, engine-turned, engraved cartouche, glazed movement.
Dial
Enamel.
Movement
1/2 plate movement, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, "Swiss Patent 13244" (Barbezat Baillot's "Poussette pour montres"), "Swiss Patent 334"(Barbezat Baillot's "Perfectionnements apportés à la construction des mécanismes de répétition pour montres de poche de toutes dimensions"), club-tooth lever escapement, screw compensation balance.
Case no.73462
Diam.56 mm
Circa1905
Ctry.Switzerland
Wt.111 g
Barbezat-Baillot invented the brand Le Phare (= lighthouse) in 1888 and used it as his company name from 1905 on. Barbezat-Baillot was an extremely gifted watchmaker and inventor who registered a large number of patents - Swiss patent no. 334 was one of his most important inventions and included the use of centrifugal force for the repeater mechanism.