108th Auction
2023/5/20
Lot 162
Girard Perregaux
A rare five-minute repeating hunting case pocket watch
Sold
estimated
2.700—4.000 €
Price realized
2.000 €
specific features
Case
14 K pink gold, polished.
Dial
Enamel.
Movement
Bridge movement, ébauche signed: LeCoultre & Co., 2 hammers / 2 gongs, "Patented", club-tooth lever escapement, gold screw compensation balance.
Case no.210380
Diam.52 mm
Circa1900
Ctry.Switzerland
Wt.109 g
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.