111st Auction
2024/11/16
Lot 355
Frères Audemars
An attractive Geneva pocket watch with minute repeater
Sold
estimated
2.900—4.000 €
Price realized
4.800 €
specific features
Case
14 K pink gold, enamelled noble family crest with crown and Tudor rose.
Dial
Enamel.
Movement
1/2 plate movement, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, club-tooth lever escapement, gold screw compensation balance.
Case no.30349
Diam.53 mm
Circa1900
Ctry.Switzerland
Wt.119 g
After the company Louis Audemars & Fils went into administration, the two sons of Charles Henri Audemars, Hector and Charles-Henri founded the Swiss watch manufactory Audemars Frères in Geneva and (Le) Brassus. The watches they produced were of supreme quality and are highly sought-after by collectors today. Audemars Frères was initially very sucessful but had to close down in 1909 because of an unpaid bill.