107th Auction
2022/11/19
Lot 274
Paul GarnierTachymetre Systeme E. Mariè
A rare decimal pocket tachometer calibrated to measure 100 seconds every second, for calculating speed in cilometres per hour; sweep second, minute hand, table - with original box and key; produced for the Compagnie des chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée ("Railway Company of Paris to Lyon and the Mediterranean"), also known as the Chemins de fer Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée or simply PLM, established in 1857
Sold
estimated
700—1.500 €
Price realized
1.000 €
specific features
Case
Silver, polished, engraved monogram "PLM", the tachometer table engraved inside the cover calculated for one kilometer, tachometer bolt and reset slide in the case band, the back lid with inner engraving "PLM No. 33".
Dial
Enamel, Arabic numerals, 10 x 10 seconds track, centre seconds.
Movement
1/2 plate movement, keywind, 1 barrel, cylinder escapement, ring balance.
Case no.8051
Diam.59 mm
Circa1860
Ctry.France
Wt.151 g
Paul Jean Garnier (1801-1869) was a student of Antide Janvier and still today an important watch and clock maker and owner of different patents, e.g for escapements and other watch systems. In 1825 he founded his own shop for clocks and watches, which is pursued until today. In 1916 his son Paul bequeathed his excellent watch and clock collection to the Louvre.