109th Auction
2023/11/18
Lot 216
Savoye F. & Cie./Neyret Freres SRSJean Pierre Peogeot
A very fine, historically interesting French pocket watch with split seconds chronograph
Sold
estimated
2.700—5.000 €
Price realized
3.500 €
specific features
Case
18 K gold, screwed on monogram "JPP", gold dome with dedication engraving: "Jean Pierre Peugeot de son Parrain Pierre 11 Mai 1913" (Jean Pierre Peugeot from his Godfather Pierre 11 May 1913).
Dial
Enamel.
Movement
Bridge movement, club-tooth lever escapement, screw compensation balance.
Case no.296704
Diam.54 mm
Circa1900
Ctry.France
Wt.126 g
Jean Pierre (III) Peugeot (1896-1966) took over leadership of the company from his father Robert in 1929. He held the position of company president until 1964 and remained honorary president of the S.A. des Automobiles Peugeot, until his death. The company was founded in 1896 and traced back to a workshop for bicycles established by Armand Peugeot in 1895. In 1896 a Peugeot was registered in Vienna as the first mass production petrol engine.