111st Auction
2024/11/16
Lot 321
Barbezat-Baillot
A fine hunting case quarter repeating pocket watch with chronograph
Sold
estimated
1.600—2.500 €
Price realized
2.400 €
specific features
Case
14 K gold, gold dome with presentation engraving.
Dial
Enamel.
Movement
Bridge movement, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, screw compensation balance.
Case no.20565
Diam.53 mm
Circa1910
Ctry.Switzerland
Wt.87 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.