112nd Auction
2025/5/10
Lot 306
Joseph Preslaz
A very fine, rare pocket watch with pin wheel escapement and wolfteeth winding wheels
Sold
estimated
3.500—5.500 €
Price realized
12.500 €
specific features
Case
18 K gold, polished, later custom-made.
Dial
Enamel.
Movement
Bridge movement, keywind, standing barrel, three-arm steel balance, pin wheel escapement.
Diam.56 mm
Circa1810
Ctry.Switzerland
Wt.130 g
Robert Robin invented the pin wheel escapement around 1798. This type of escapement was rarely used, we only know of very few pieces where it was fitted.