Lot 368

Fritz Piguet & Bachmann à Geneve "Chronometre", Case No. 7908, 51 mm, 110 g, circa 1880
An almost as new Geneva quarter repeating precision pocket watch
Case: 18k gold, tiered, à goutte, case maker's punch mark "F&E", signed and numbered gold dome, slide for repeating mechanism. Dial: enamel, radial Roman hours, auxiliary seconds, blued spade hands. Movm.: bridge movement, frosted, gilt, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, wolfteeth winding wheels, pink gold train, gold screw compensation balance, counterpoised lever.
Fritz Piguet & Bachmann
The Geneva based company Fritz Piguet & Bachmann was the winner of a great many medals at international exhibitions and competitions. Company owners were Fritz Piguet and Louis Bachmann; the name was later changed to "Fritz Piguet & Bachmann, Genève, L. Bachmann successeur". It was most famous for its highly complicated watches - in 1893 a minute repeater with moon phase, perpetual calendar and chronograph function was delivered to the king of Romania. The company's "régleurs" were Fritz Piguet and renowned watchmaker A. Favre-Rochat. The company was taken over by Maison M. Bader in 1913.
Source: http://watch-wiki.org/index.php?title=Fritz_Piguet_%26_Bachmann, as of 03/19/2012

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