108th Auction
2023/5/20
Lot 441
L. Bruchon
A Swiss lever chronometer
Sold
estimated
800—1.200 €
Price realized
1.300 €
specific features
Case
18 K rose gold, engine-turned, monogrammed, gold dome with engraving: "L. Bruchon Fabricant 1bis Rue Baillif, Paris, Genève".
Dial
Enamel.
Movement
Bridge movement, club-tooth lever escapement, screw compensation balance.
Case no.11174
Diam.47 mm
Circa1900
Ctry.Switzerland
Wt.80 g
This is a very fine Swiss lever movement fitted in a solid but quite unostentatious gold case.The applied three-dimensional monogram is an exquisite work of art.
This watch is illustrated and described in: Sammler Journal, issue 8/2006, p. 36ff.
Bruchon & Gougeard ran a wholesale watch business at 1bis Rue Baillif in Paris from 17 September 1879.